Variable classifications of glycemic index determined by glucose meters.

abstract：:The essential trace element selenium has long been considered to exhibit anti-diabetic and insulin-mimetic properties, but recent epidemiological studies indicated supranutritional selenium intake and high plasma selenium levels as possible risk factors for development of type 2 diabetes, pointing to adverse effects o...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Steinbrenner H,Speckmann B,Pinto A,Sies H

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress plays a key role in the pathophysiology of post-cardiac arrest syndrome. Molecular hydrogen reduces oxidative stress and exerts anti-inflammatory effects in an animal model of cardiac arrest. However, its effect on human post-cardiac arrest syndrome is unclear. We consecutively enrolled five comatose ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Tamura T,Suzuki M,Hayashida K,Kobayashi Y,Yoshizawa J,Shibusawa T,Sano M,Hori S,Sasaki J

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:So far, little is known about the effect of nutrition and lifestyle on the composition of circulating lipoprotein subfractions. In the current study, we measured the correlations among physical activity, nutrient intake, smoking, body-mass index (BMI), and age with the concentration of triglycerides, cholesterol, phos...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Parlesak A,Eckoldt J,Winkler K,Bode CJ,Schäfer C

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carnitine is a vitamin-like compound that plays important roles in fatty acid β-oxidation and the control of the mitochondrial coenzyme A/acetyl-CoA ratio. However, carnitine is not added to ordinary enteral nutrition or total parenteral nutrition. In this study, we determined the serum carnitine concentrations in sub...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Iwamoto J,Honda A,Miyamoto Y,Miyazaki T,Murakami M,Saito Y,Ikegami T,Miyamoto J,Matsuzaki Y

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we identified four metabolites of (-)-epicatechin in blood and urine: (-)-epicatechin-3'-O-glucuronide (E3'G), 4'-O-methyl-(-)-epicatechin-3'-O-glucuronide (4'ME3'G), (-)-epicatechin-7-O-glucuronide (E7G), and 3'-O-methyl-(-)-epicatechin-7-O-glucuronide (3'ME7G) (Natsume et al. Free Radical Biol. Med. 34, ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Natsume M,Osakabe N,Yasuda A,Osawa T,Terao J

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peyer's patches are nodules that play a central role in intestinal immunity. Few studies demonstrate the relationship between the number of Peyer's patches and intestinal polyps. Here we identify a statistically significant inverse correlation between the quantity of Peyer's patches and of the development of intestina...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Fujimoto K,Fujii G,Sakurai H,Yoshitome H,Mutoh M,Wada M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostaglandin E2 plays a role in an array of pathophysiological responses, including inflammation, carcinogenesis and so on. Prostaglandin E2 is synthesized from arachidonic acid by the enzymes cyclooxygenase and prostaglandin E synthase. In some pathological conditions, the isozymes cyclooxygenase-2 and microsomal pr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Suzuki-Yamamoto T,Tanaka S,Tsukayama I,Takafuji M,Hanada T,Arakawa T,Kawakami Y,Kimoto M,Takahashi Y

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Secretory immunoglobulin A (sIgA) is produced from intestinal mucosa and is essential in preventing infection. We analyzed the influence of moderate exercise on intestinal sIgA production and antioxidative function under different carbohydrate nutritional conditions. Thirty-six mice were fed an experimental diet for 1...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Shibuya T,Kaburagi T,Nagai R,Oshiro S

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was conducted to assess the association between 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D], estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and urine microalbumin/creatinine ratio (uACR) in Korean adults. Data on 4,948 adults aged ≥20 years from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey V-3 (2012) w...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Kim SG,Kim GS,Lee JH,Moon AE,Yoon H

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been reported that levels of soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) in the blood are elevated in hepatocellular carcinoma patients. In the present study, serial observations of the localization of ICAM-1 in the liver were made by light and electron microscopy in rats with carcinogen-induced cancer. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Matsuoka S,Matsumura H,Arakawa Y,Nakamura H,Nirei K,Yamagami H,Ogawa M,Nakajima N,Amaki S,Tanaka N,Moriyama M

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The therapeutic effects of non-thermal plasma are expected in the medical fields, including hemostasis, vascularization, prevention of organ adhesion, and cell proliferation. Cancer is an internal enemy arising from normal tissue in the body. The prognosis of metastatic and recurrent cancers is still poor despite adva...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Kajiyama H,Utsumi F,Nakamura K,Tanaka H,Toyokuni S,Hori M,Kikkawa F

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of antioxidant biofactor (AOB) on reactive oxygen species (ROS). Generation of superoxide radical (O(2) (•-)) and hydroxyl radical ((•)OH) was determined using an electron spin resonance (ESR) spin-trapping method. AOB was added at different concentrations to th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Matsui S,Tsujimoto Y,Ozawa T,Matsushima K

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the effects of a drink supplement containing Momordica charantia extract from bitter melon on physical fitness and levels of stress hormones during a four-week exercise training program in a hot environment. Ten male tennis players were orally administrated in a four-week (100 ml, 6 times a day...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Yook JS,Kwak JJ,Jeong WM,Song YH,Hijioka Y,Honda Y,Kim SE,Ha MS

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proton pump inhibitors are the first-line treatment for reflux esophagitis. Because severe reflux esophagitis has very low prevalence in Japan, little is known about the effectiveness of proton pump inhibitors in these patients. This prospective multicenter study assessed the effectiveness of proton pump inhibitors fo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Mizuno H,Matsuhashi N,Sakaguchi M,Inoue S,Nakada K,Higuchi K,Haruma K,Joh T

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduced coenzyme Q(10) (CoQ(10)H(2)) is known as a potent antioxidant in biological systems. However, it is not yet known whether CoQ(9)H(2) could act as an antioxidant in human cells. The aim of this study is to assess whether exogenously added CoQ(9) can protect human liver cells against injuries induced by a water-...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Kusumoto C,Kinugawa T,Morikawa H,Teraoka M,Nishida T,Murawaki Y,Yamada K,Matsura T

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past few decades, many types of functional factors have been identified in dietary foods; for example, flavonoids are major groups widely distributed in the plant kingdom. However, the absorption rates of the functional food factors are usually low, and many of these are difficult to be absorbed in the intact f...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Tsurusaki T,Sakakibara H,Aoshima Y,Yamazaki S,Sakono M,Shimoi K

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that type 2 diabetes risk, early impaired glucose tolerance and insulin resistance can be predicted by measuring the fasting levels of certain biomarkers. Here we validated these findings in randomly recruited healthy volunteers (n = 101) based on biomarker expression as well as various non-inva...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Umeno A,Fukui T,Hashimoto Y,Kataoka M,Hagihara Y,Nagai H,Horie M,Shichiri M,Yoshino K,Yoshida Y

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant sterols are used as food additives to reduce intestinal cholesterol absorption. They also increase fecal neutral sterol (FNS) excretion irrespective of the absorption inhibition. Intestine-mediated reverse cholesterol transport, or trans-intestinal cholesterol efflux (TICE), provides the major part of the increa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Nakano T,Inoue I,Takenaka Y,Ikegami Y,Kotani N,Shimada A,Noda M,Murakoshi T

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that the plasma level of endotoxin and colonic expression of IgA in the mouse increased with obstructive jaundice induced by bile duct ligation (BDL). To elucidate the mechanism of the BDL-induced increase, we analyzed the effect of BDL on intestinal flora in wild type and inducible nitric oxide...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Hong JY,F Sato E,Nishikawa T,Hiramoto K,Inoue M

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Omega-3 fatty acids intake is important to maintain muscle mass. However, the relationship between omega-3 fatty acids intake and sarcopenia in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes has been unclear. We used the brief-type self-administered diet history questionnaire for the assessment of habitual food and nutrient in...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Okamura T,Hashimoto Y,Miki A,Kaji A,Sakai R,Iwai K,Osaka T,Ushigome E,Hamaguchi M,Yamazaki M,Fukui M

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of inulin on the microbial composition and faecal characteristics in 36 healthy, formula-fed infants (average age 7.7 months) given 3 different daily dosages of native inulin (0.75 g/day, 1.00 g/day, and 1.25 g/day) were studied. At all levels of inulin consumption, a significant (p<0.05) reduction of pote...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： K W Yap W,Mohamed S,Husni Jamal M,Diederick M,A Manap Y

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Citrus bioflavonoids may offer some protection against the early stage of diabetes mellitus and the development of complications. We investigated the effect of hesperidin on blood glucose levels, hepatic glucose-regulating enzyme activities, serum insulin and adiponectin levels, serum and hepatic lipid levels, and par...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Akiyama S,Katsumata S,Suzuki K,Ishimi Y,Wu J,Uehara M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we examined whether compound 48/80 (C48/80), a mast cell degranulator, causes hepatic oxidative damage in rats. Serum and liver biochemical parameters were determined 0.5, 3 or 6 h after a single treatment with C48/80 (0.75 mg/kg). Serum histamine and serotonin levels increased 0.5 h after C48/80 treatm...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Ohta Y,Yashiro K,Ohashi K,Horikoshi Y,Kusumoto C,Matsura T

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effect of the sodium glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor (SGLT-2i) luseogliflozin on skeletal muscle. Eight-week-old mice were fed a standard diet or the standard diet with added luseogliflozin for 8 weeks. The mice were divided into the following four genotype/dietary groups: Db/m mice without SGLT-...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Okamura T,Hashimoto Y,Osaka T,Fukuda T,Hamaguchi M,Fukui M

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of sex on serum paraoxonase-1 (PON1) activities and on its relationship with cardiovascular disease risk factors such as overall and central obesity. Arylesterase and lactonase activities of PON1 were assessed in 374 women and 92 men. Both arylesterase and lactonase ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Trentini A,Bellini T,Bonaccorsi G,Cavicchio C,Hanau S,Passaro A,Cervellati C

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although a large body of literature reported that high intake of vitamin E played a possible role in reducing risk of cardiometabolic diseases, conflicting results were also found in some observational studies due to confounding factors. Hence, we used a Mendelian randomization study as an alternative way to examine t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Fan C,Huang T,Kong X,Zhang X,Zou Z,Xiao J

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effects of treatment with antibodies against tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α on energy metabolism, nutritional status, serum cytokine levels in patients with Crohn's disease (CD). Twelve patients were enrolled. Resting energy expenditure (REE) levels were measured by indirect calorimetry. Crohn's dis...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Nishida N,Sasaki M,Kurihara M,Ichimaru S,Wakita M,Bamba S,Andoh A,Fujiyama Y,Amagai T

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in l-arginine metabolism, including increased arginase levels and decreased nitric oxide production, are involved in the pathophysiology of asthma. In this study, using an intranasal mite-induced NC/Nga mouse model of asthma, we examined whether administration of l-arginine ameliorated airway hyperresponsivene...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Zhang R,Kubo M,Murakami I,Setiawan H,Takemoto K,Inoue K,Fujikura Y,Ogino K

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-peptic and anti-inflammatory actions of ecabet sodium might be beneficial in either improving gastritis or relieving dyspeptic symptoms. This study was designed to evaluate the clinical efficacy of ecabet sodium on dyspeptic symptoms and to elucidate the molecular mechanism attributable to symptom relief in patie...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Yang Kim H,Hahm KB,Choi MG,Rew JS,Seol SY,Chun HJ,Lee OY,Hong WS

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) plays a crucial role in cancer metastasis. In this study, we evaluated the effect of heat treatment on tumor growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1)-induced EMT in pancreatic cancer cells and tried to ascertain the mechanism related to any observed effects. Human pancreatic cancer cell lines ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Kimura-Tsuchiya R,Ishikawa T,Kokura S,Mizushima K,Adachi S,Okajima M,Matsuyama T,Okayama T,Sakamoto N,Katada K,Kamada K,Uchiyama K,Handa O,Takagi T,Yagi N,Naito Y,Itoh Y

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00