Recent effectiveness of proton pump inhibitors for severe reflux esophagitis: the first multicenter prospective study in Japan.

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：:Oxidative stress (OS) has been implicated as one of the major underlying mechanisms behind many acute and chronic diseases. However, the measurement of free radicals or their end products is complicated. Isoprostanes, derived from the non-enzymatic peroxidation of arachidonic acid are now considered to be reliable bio...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Kaviarasan S,Muniandy S,Qvist R,Ismail IS

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small dense LDL particles (sd-LDL) and body shape index (ABSI), were evaluated in 228 women, living in Naples, Italy (Progetto ATENA). Serum cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, triglycerides, insulin, HOMA, Apo B, hs-CPR and sd-LDL were measured. LDL particle separation was performed by Lipoprint System: se...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Gentile M,Iannuzzo G,Mattiello A,Rubba F,Panico S,Rubba P

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colon cancer prevalence is high worldwide. O-GlcNAcylation has been associated with tumor growth in various tissues, including the colon; however, its link to carcinogenesis is not fully understood. We investigated the association of O-GlcNAcylation with colon carcinogenesis using a 1,2-dimethylhydrazine/dextran sodiu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Hirata Y,Nakagawa T,Moriwaki K,Koubayashi E,Kakimoto K,Takeuchi T,Inoue T,Higuchi K,Asahi M

更新日期：2018-05-01 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：: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：:The aim of the study was to evaluate the anti-obesity effects of two types of meju in diet induced obese C57BL/6J mice. Animals were randomly divided into 4 dietary group (n = 10); normal diet, high fat diet with 30% soybean, high fat diet with 30% traditional meju, high fat diet with 30% standardized meju. After 16 w...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Bae CR,Kwon DY,Cha YS

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:Glutathione, the most abundant intracellular antioxidant, protects cells against reactive oxygen species induced oxidative stress and regulates intracellular redox status. We found that rice peptides increased intracellular glutathione levels in human hepatoblastoma HepG2 cells. Acetaminophen is a commonly used analge...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Kawakami K,Moritani C,Uraji M,Fujita A,Kawakami K,Hatanaka T,Suzaki E,Tsuboi S

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Overexpression of IGF-1R has been demonstrated in gastrointestinal cancers, and its expression is reported as the result of the loss of tumor suppressors. IL-16 is involved in the pathophysiological process of chronic inflammatory diseases. The aim of this study is to determine the changes in the expression of IGF-1R ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Nakajima N,Kozu K,Kobayashi S,Nishiyama R,Okubo R,Akai Y,Moriyama M,Kinukawa N

更新日期：2016-07-01 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：:A Using streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats, we examined the effects of zinc supplementation and insulin treatment on the metabolic availability of vitamin A. All diabetic animals exhibited an elevated plasma glucose (>18 mmol/liter) level within 48 h of intravenous streptozotocin injection. The untreated diabetic ra...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Tuitoek P,Lakey J,Rajotte R,Ziari S,Tsin A,Basu T

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The amount of phosphorus contained in food as food additives is currently increasing and a high intake of phosphorus can cause various diseases. To determine the effects of a prolonged high phosphorus diet, here we investigated the phosphorus and calcium balance and expression of type IIa sodium-dependent phosphate tr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Tani Y,Sato T,Yamanaka-Okumura H,Yamamoto H,Arai H,Sawada N,Genjida K,Taketani Y,Takeda E

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We herein investigated the regulatory mechanism in the circulation responsible for rat gingival reactive hyperemia (RH) associated with ischemia/reperfusion (I/R). RH was analyzed using a laser Doppler flowmeter. RH and I/R were elicited by gingival compression and release with a laser Doppler probe. RH increased in a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Tanaka Y,Toyama T,Wada-Takahashi S,Sasaki H,Miyamoto C,Maehata Y,Yoshino F,Yoshida A,Takahashi SS,Watanabe K,Lee MC,Todoki K,Hamada N

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：:Resistance to anti-fungal drugs has become the main cause for increasing incidence rate of Candida infections in pediatric intensive care units (PICU). Zinc supplementation has been shown to exhibit beneficial effects on many pediatric illnesses. This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of zinc supplementation on ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Xie J,Zhu L,Zhu T,Jian Y,Ding Y,Zhou M,Feng X

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the effect of multi-species probiotic mixture on the changes in fecal microbiota and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) symptoms. Eighty-one IBS patients were randomly assigned to receive either probiotic mixture (n = 39; containing Lactobacillus acidophilus, L. rhamnosus, Bifidobacterium breve, B. actis, B. l...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Yoon H,Park YS,Lee DH,Seo JG,Shin CM,Kim N

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spironolactone and furosemide, which are used to treat ascites associated with decompensated cirrhosis, are ineffective in treating refractory ascites. Hence, combination therapy with tolvaptan, a vasopressin V2 receptor antagonist, has been approved in Japan. Tolvaptan monotherapy and combination therapy with furosem...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Tanabe N,Takami T,Fujisawa K,Matsumoto T,Yamamoto N,Sakaida I

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The redox balance of coenzyme Q10 in human plasma is a good marker of oxidative stress because the reduced form of coenzyme Q10 (ubiquinol-10) is very sensitive to oxidation and is quantitatively converted to its oxidized form (ubiquinone-10). Here we describe an HPLC method for simultaneous detection of ubiquinol-10 ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Nagase M,Yamamoto Y,Mitsui J,Tsuji S

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitidine chloride (NC), a natural, bioactive, phytochemical alkaloid derived from the roots of Zanthoxylum nitidum, has been reported to exhibit anti-tumor activity against various types of cancer. However, the potential therapeutic role of NC in human cervical cancer has not yet been studied. We are the first to repo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Kwon HJ,Kim LH,Ahn CH,Yang IH,Hong KO,Doo Hong S,Shin JA,Cho SD

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effects of anticancer agents on peripheral blood mononuclear cells for the purpose of providing data to support new translational chemoimmunotherapy regimens. Peripheral-blood mononuclear cells were treated with one of four anticancer agents (5-fluorouracil, irinotecan, cisplatin, and gemcitabine) ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Sakai H,Kokura S,Ishikawa T,Tsuchiya R,Okajima M,Matsuyama T,Adachi S,Katada K,Kamada K,Uchiyama K,Handa O,Takagi T,Yagi N,Naito Y,Yoshikawa T

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:Although the accumulation of advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) of the Maillard reaction in our body is reported to increase with aging and is enhanced by the pathogenesis of lifestyle-related diseases such as diabetes, routine measurement of AGEs is not applied to regular clinical diagnoses due to the lack of con...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Yamanaka M,Matsumura T,Ohno R,Fujiwara Y,Shinagawa M,Sugawa H,Hatano K,Shirakawa J,Kinoshita H,Ito K,Sakata N,Araki E,Nagai R

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory changes in the gastric mucosa are commonly observed in Japanese patients with functional dyspepsia (FD). However, detailed data regarding the possible association between the genetic factors of inflammation related molecules and FD are not available. Toll like receptor 2 (TLR2) and mannan-binding lectin (...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Tahara T,Shibata T,Wang F,Yamashita H,Hirata I,Arisawa T

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin E analog, such as α- and γ-tocopherol, can undergo ω-oxidation without cleavage of the chroman ring, and this pathway is responsible for generation of the major urinary vitamin E metabolite, carboxyethyl hydroxychroman. However, it is still unclear how carboxyethyl hydroxychroman is changed in various tissues ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition

authors： Kiyose C,Saito K,Yachi R,Muto C,Igarashi O

更新日期：2015-03-01 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：: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：: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