A one year bioavailability study of coenzyme Q10 with 3 months withdrawal period.

abstract：:Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness in the elderly worldwide. It affects 30-50 million individuals and clinical hallmarks of AMD are observed in at least one third of persons over the age of 75 in industrialized countries (Gehrs et al., 2006). Costs associated with AMD are in exces...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Weikel KA,Chiu CJ,Taylor A

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerosis is an important source of morbidity and mortality in the developed world. Despite the fact that the association between LDL cholesterol and atherosclerosis has been evident for at least three decades, our understanding of exactly how LDL precipitates atherosclerosis is still in its infancy. At least th...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Keaney JF Jr

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The consensus of epidemiologic evidence indicates that an abundant intake of foodstuffs rich in folate conveys protection against the development of colorectal cancer, and perhaps some other common cancers as well. Pre-clinical models substantiate that the relationship is a genuinely causal one. Pre-clinical models ha...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Mason JB,Tang SY

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carnosine (β-alanyl-L-histidine) is a natural dipeptide widely and abundantly distributed in excitable tissues of several animal tissues. Although its physiological role has not been completely understood yet, many beneficial actions have been attributed to carnosine, such as being an antioxidant, antiglycating and io...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Bellia F,Vecchio G,Cuzzocrea S,Calabrese V,Rizzarelli E

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:About 25% of all solute carriers (SLCs) are likely to transport amino acids as their primary substrate. One of the major phylogenetic clusters of amino acid transporters from the SLC family is the β-family, which is part of the PFAM APC clan. The β-family includes three SLC families, SLC32, SLC36 and SLC38 with one, f...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Schiöth HB,Roshanbin S,Hägglund MG,Fredriksson R

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vitamin D endocrine system plays a central role in mineral ion homeostasis through the actions of the vitamin D hormone, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3) [1,25(OH)(2)D(3)], on the intestine, bone, parathyroid gland, and kidney. The main function of 1,25(OH)(2)D(3) is to promote the dietary absorption of calcium and phos...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Brown AJ,Slatopolsky E

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A human study including 22 volunteers was conducted to investigate the antioxidative effect in blood of dietary coenzyme Q10 supplementation. The levels of alpha-tocopherol, ascorbic acid, lipid peroxidation (measured as TBARS) and the redox status of CoQ10 (reduced CoQ10/total CoQ10) were measured in plasma as marker...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Weber C,Jakobsen TS,Mortensen SA,Paulsen G,Hølmer G

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxisomes were long believed to play only a minor role in cellular metabolism but it is now clear that they catalyze a number of important functions. The importance of peroxisomes in humans is stressed by the existence of a group of genetic diseases in man in which one or more peroxisomal functions are impaired. Mos...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Wanders RJ,Tager JM

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of blood flow depends on systemic and local release of vasoactive molecules such as insulin and adenosine. These molecules cause vasodilation by activation of plasma membrane receptors at the vascular endothelium. Adenosine activates at least four subtypes of adenosine receptors (A1AR, A2AAR, A2BAR, A3AR), ...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Silva L,Subiabre M,Araos J,Sáez T,Salsoso R,Pardo F,Leiva A,San Martín R,Toledo F,Sobrevia L

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of intrauterine embryo implantation site(s) in most mammalian species shows remarkably constant patterns: in monotocous species such as humans, an embryo tends to implant in the uterine fundus; in polytocous species such as rodents, embryos implant evenly along the uterine horns. These long-time evolv...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Chen Q,Zhang Y,Elad D,Jaffa AJ,Cao Y,Ye X,Duan E

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heme is critical for a variety of cellular processes, but excess intracellular heme may result in oxidative stress and membrane injury. Feline leukemia virus subgroup C receptor (FLVCR1), a member of the SLC49 family of four paralogous genes, is a cell surface heme exporter, essential for erythropoiesis and systemic i...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Khan AA,Quigley JG

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is the most abundant n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid in the brain where it serves to regulate several important processes and, in addition, serves as a precursor to bioactive mediators. Given that the capacity of the brain to synthesize DHA locally is appreciably low, the uptake of DHA from c...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Lacombe RJS,Chouinard-Watkins R,Bazinet RP

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aging is a major risk factor for the development of chronic lung diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), and lung cancer. A main aspect of aging is the impaired function of maintaining homeostasis in the organs and body, which is associated with cellular sene...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Kadota T,Fujita Y,Yoshioka Y,Araya J,Kuwano K,Ochiya T

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When cells are confronted with an insufficient supply of nutrients in their extracellular fluid, they may begin to cannibalize some of their internal proteins as well as whole organelles for reuse in the synthesis of new components. This process is termed autophagy and it involves the formation of a double-membrane st...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Monastyrska I,Klionsky DJ

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive oxygen species (ROS) have been frequently implicated in the initiation and promotion phases of carcinogenesis. Antioxidant enzymes, which can antagonize this process, are lowered in a number of malignancies. The enzyme most commonly decreased is the mitochondrial Mn-containing superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) enc...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Borrello S,De Leo ME,Galeotti T

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyphenols and consequently many flavonoids have several beneficial actions on human health. However, the actual molecular interactions of polyphenols with biological systems remain mostly speculative. This review addresses the potential mechanisms of action that have been so far identified, as well as the feasibilit...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Fraga CG,Galleano M,Verstraeten SV,Oteiza PI

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review study, we focus on potential benefits of the transcription factor PPARδ and its ligand erucic acid (EA) in management of neuroectodermal tumors and Parkinson's Disease. PPARδ is a nuclear receptor and transcription factor that induces myelination, promotes oligodendroglial and neuronal differentiation, ...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Altinoz MA,Elmaci İ,Hacimuftuoglu A,Ozpinar A,Hacker E,Ozpinar A

更新日期：2020-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:ω3 Polyunsaturated fatty acids (ω3 PUFAs) have several biological properties including anti-arrhythmic effects. However, there are some evidences that it is not solely ω3 PUFAs per se that are biologically active but the non-enzymatic oxygenated metabolites of polyunsaturated fatty acids (NEO-PUFAs) like isoprostanes ...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Galano JM,Roy J,Durand T,Lee JC,Le Guennec JY,Oger C,Demion M

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the existence of intratumoral heterogeneity (ITH) in the expression of common biomarkers has been described by pathologists since the late 1890s, we have only recently begun to fathom the staggering extent and near ubiquity of this phenomenon. From the tumor's perspective, ITH provides a stabilizing diversity...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： McBride M,Rida PC,Aneja R

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this mini review we summarize recent studies from our laboratory, which show the involvement of 4-hydroxynonenal (4-HNE) in cell cycle signaling. We demonstrate 4-HNE induced apoptosis in various cell lines is accompanied with c-Jun-N-terminal kinase and caspase-3 activation. Cells exposed to mild, transient, heat ...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Awasthi YC,Sharma R,Cheng JZ,Yang Y,Sharma A,Singhal SS,Awasthi S

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrosis denotes excessive scarring, which exceeds the normal wound healing response to injury in many tissues. Although the extracellular matrix deposition appears unstructured disrupting the normal tissue architecture and subsequently impairing proper organ function, fibrogenesis is a highly orchestrated process det...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Weiskirchen R,Weiskirchen S,Tacke F

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyphenols are bioactives claimed to be responsible for some of the health benefits provided by fruit and vegetables. It is currently accepted that the bioactivities of polyphenols can be mostly ascribed to their interactions with proteins and lipids. Such interactions can affect cell oxidant production and cell sign...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Fraga CG,Oteiza PI,Galleano M

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The field of transport biology has steadily grown over the past decade and is now recognized as playing an important role in manifestation and treatment of disease. The SLC (solute carrier) gene series has grown to now include 52 families and 395 transporter genes in the human genome. A list of these genes can be foun...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Hediger MA,Clémençon B,Burrier RE,Bruford EA

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biosynthetic pathway of the CoQ polyisoprenoid side chain, starting from acetyl-CoA and proceeding through mevalonate and isopentenylpyrophosphate, is the same as that of cholesterol. We performed this study to evaluate whether vastatins (hypocholesterolemic drugs that inhibit HMG-CoA reductase) modify blood level...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Bargossi AM,Grossi G,Fiorella PL,Gaddi A,Di Giulio R,Battino M

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Se is a potent nutritional antioxidant important for various aspects of human health. Because asthma has been demonstrated to involve increased oxidative stress, levels of Se intake have been hypothesized to play an important role in the pathogenesis of asthma. However, significant associations between Se status and p...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Norton RL,Hoffmann PR

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although colorectal cancer (CRC) is still one of the leading causes of cancer related death in the western hemisphere, new therapeutic options have increased the overall survival rate of advanced disease from 10 to 18-24months during the past decade. The new therapeutics include biological agents as bevacizumab (Avast...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Waldner MJ,Neurath MF

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increase in obesity in the Unites States and around the world in the last decade is overwhelming. The number of overweight adults in the world surpassed 1 billion in 2008. Health hazards associated with obesity are serious and include heart disease, sleep apnea, diabetes, and cancer. Although lifestyle modificatio...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Colon-Gonzalez F,Kim GW,Lin JE,Valentino MA,Waldman SA

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For the past decade, brown adipose tissue (BAT) has been extensively studied as a potential therapy for obesity and metabolic diseases due to its thermogenic and glucose-consuming properties. It is now clear that the function of BAT goes beyond heat production, as it also plays an important endocrine role by secreting...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Klepac K,Georgiadi A,Tschöp M,Herzig S

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduced glutathione (GSH) is critical for many cellular processes, and both its intracellular and extracellular concentrations are tightly regulated. Intracellular GSH levels are regulated by two main mechanisms: by adjusting the rates of synthesis and of export from cells. Some of the proteins responsible for GSH exp...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Ballatori N,Krance SM,Marchan R,Hammond CL

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The non-structural proteins encoded by the orf-I, II, III, and IV genes of the human T-cell leukemia/lymphoma virus type 1 (HTLV-1) genome, are critical for the modulation of cellular gene expression and T-cell proliferation, the escape from cytotoxic T-cells and natural killer cells, and virus expression. In here, we...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Van Prooyen N,Andresen V,Gold H,Bialuk I,Pise-Masison C,Franchini G

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00