Quantification of Sterol and Triterpenol Biomarkers in Sediments of the Cananéia-Iguape Estuarine-Lagoonal System (Brazil) by UHPLC-MS/MS by Giovana Anceski Bataglion, Hector Henrique Ferreira Koolen, Rolf Roland Weber, Marcos Nogueira Eberlin

“…Regarding anthropogenic sources, only the samples submitted to freshwater flow from the Ribeira de Iguape River presented concentration of coprostanol higher than the threshold value and diagnostic ratios, coprostanol/(coprostanol + cholestanol) and coprostanol/cholesterol, that indicate moderate contamination by domestic sewage in that area of the estuarine-lagoonal system. …”
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Sialidase NEU3 dynamically associates to different membrane domains specifically modifying their ganglioside pattern and triggering Akt phosphorylation. by Dario Bonardi, Nadia Papini, Mario Pasini, Loredana Dileo, Flavia Orizio, Eugenio Monti, Luigi Caimi, Bruno Venerando, Roberto Bresciani

“…The local enrichment in sphingolipids and cholesterol together with the low protein content allows their separation by density gradient flotation after extraction with non-ionic detergent at low temperature. …”
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Anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory effects of rosuvastatin in patients with low-to-moderate cardiovascular risk by VAVLUKIS ANA, VAVLUKIS MARIJA, DIMOVSKI ALEKSANDAR, PETRUSHEVSKA GORDANA, EFTIMOV ALEKSANDAR, DOMAZETOVSKA SASHKA, MLADENOVSKA KRISTINA

“…A multivariate analysis identified total cholesterol (p = 0.027) and vascular endothelial growth factor (p = 0.011) to be independently associated with rosuvastatin treatment. …”
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Effect of Cannabis seeds on Some biomedical parameters in male rats by Karwan Anwar Hassan

“…Enzymes Alkaline phosphatase, glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase and glutamic pyruvic transaminase (ALP, GPT, and GOT) as well as creatinine, uric acid and very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) were not significantly (p<0.05) different in both groups. Level of Cholesterol, triglyceride and c-reactive protein were significantly (p<0.05) reduced. …”
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Positive Association of Metabolic Syndrome with a Single Nucleotide Polymorphism of Syndecan-3 (rs2282440) in the Taiwanese Population by Betty Chia-Chen Chang, Lee-Ching Hwang, Wei-Hsin Huang

“…As for the individual components of MetS, subjects with SDC3 rs2282440 TT homozygote were more likely to have large waist circumference and low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (OR = 1.75 and OR = 1.84, resp.). Conclusion. …”
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Effect of Cannabis seeds on Some biomedical parameters in male rats by Karwan Anwar Hassan

“…Enzymes Alkaline phosphatase, glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase and glutamic pyruvic transaminase (ALP, GPT, and GOT) as well as creatinine, uric acid and very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) were not significantly (p<0.05) different in both groups. Level of Cholesterol, triglyceride and c-reactive protein were significantly (p<0.05) reduced. …”
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CARDIOVASCULAR RISK BEFORE AND AFTER SURGICAL TREATMENT OF SEVERE OBESITY by Lilian CARDIA, Alexandre Viera GADDUCCI, Denis PAJECKI, Marco Aurelio SANTO, Roberto DE CLEVA

“…METHODS: A total of 615 patients undergoing bariatric surgery between 2007 and 2012 were evaluated using the analysis of electronic records (triglyceride/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol) before and after surgery. The AIP levels >3.5 mg/dL for men and >2.5 mg/dL for women were insulin-resistant and predisposed to cardiovascular events. …”
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Evaluation of the Obesity Prevention, Blood Glucose, and Blood Lipid Control of Vietnamese Rice Varieties in High-Fat Diet-Induced Obese Mice by Thuy Linh Nguyen, Khanh Son Trinh

“…Furthermore, these rice varieties caused the lowest LDL cholesterol and the ratio of LDL/HDL cholesterols in mice. …”
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Apelin Serum Level in Egyptian Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C by Hala O. El-Mesallamy, Nadia M. Hamdy, Hanan H. Rizk, Abdel-Rahman El-Zayadi

“…Multiple regression analysis depicted that BMI, triglycerides, and total cholesterol were independent correlation factors to apelin levels, whereas TNF-α was found to be significantly negatively correlated to adjusted apelin in CHC patients (r=−0.5944, P<0.0001). …”
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Plasma membrane and nuclear phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate signalling in cancer by Agnieszka Chytła, Stephanie Rattay, Baki Akgül, Martin Sztacho

“…Elevated levels of membrane lipids, including sphingomyelin, cholesterol, and phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PI(4,5)P2), in the PM, contribute to changes in membrane rigidity, lipid raft formation, and actin polymerisation dynamics, processes that drive cell invasion. …”
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Ferula (Ferula elaeochytris) as a phytoestrogen: Use of Ferula in laying hens by Arda Onur Özkök, Gözde Kılınç

“…Serum triglyceride and cholesterol levels decreased in group FRP-2. Moreover, a higher uterus length was found in the FRP-supplemented group. …”
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An Insight of Vitamin E as Neuroprotective Agents by Hui-Min Yap, Kwan-Liang Lye

“…TRF was reported to possess potent antioxidant, anti-inflammation, anticancer and cholesterol-lowering properties. Thus, this writing highlights the significant neuroprotective effects of tocotrienol and tocopherol. …”
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Vitamin D Status and Its Relationship with Metabolic Markers in Persons with Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in the UAE: A Cross-Sectional Study by Amena Sadiya, Solafa M. Ahmed, Sijomol Skaria, Salah Abusnana

“…Serum 25(OH)D correlated negatively (P<0.01) with body mass index, fat mass, waist circumference, parathyroid hormone, alkaline phosphatase, triglycerides, LDL-cholesterol, and apolipoprotein B and positively (P<0.01) with age and calcium concentration. …”
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All-Cause Mortality Risk in Australian Women with Impaired Fasting Glucose and Diabetes by Lelia L. F. de Abreu, Kara L. Holloway, Mohammadreza Mohebbi, Muhammad A. Sajjad, Mark A. Kotowicz, Julie A. Pasco

“…Women with diabetes were older and had higher measures of adiposity, LDL cholesterol, and triglycerides compared to the IFG and normoglycaemia groups (all p<0.001). …”
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Dyslipidemia and Fatty Liver Disease in Overweight and Obese Children by Asma Deeb, Salima Attia, Samia Mahmoud, Ghada Elhaj, Abubaker Elfatih

“…Mean ± SD age was 10.58 ± 2.996 years. 55.3% had dyslipidemia; 11.7% had high cholesterol, 28.6% high triglyceride, 32.7% high LDL, and 18.0% low HDL. 51 (84%) had either elevated transaminases. …”
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Prediction of cardiovascular disease from factors associated with waist hip ratio by machine learning by Zeynep Kucukakcali, Ipek Balikci Cicek

“…Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Centre in Iran provided the dataset, which includes sex, family history, diabetes, WHR, smoking, systolic blood pressure, and total cholesterol. Statistical analyses employed Yates&apos; correction and Pearson chi-squared tests. …”
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Anti-diabetic potential assessment of aqueous and ethanol extracts of arrow poison (<i>Strophanthus hispidus</i>) plant stem bark in Wistar male rats by M Osibemhe, M Ibrahim, I.O. Onoagbe

“…The results revealed significant (P<0.05) progressive decrease in fasting blood glucose concentration on the 2nd-12th weeks and 4th-12th weeks in normal and diabetic-treated rats respectively. Total cholesterol, LDL and TG levels were lowered significantly (P<0.05) by the extracts in normal and diabetic treated rats, whereas HDL levels (17.6±0.50 mg/dl) (aqueous) and (21.4±1.28 mg/dl) (ethanol) were elevated in diabetic treated rats. …”
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Cross-trait multivariate GWAS confirms health implications of pubertal timing by Siquan Zhou, Yujie Xu, Jingyuan Xiong, Guo Cheng

“…We find that alanine aminotransferase, glycated haemoglobin, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and Parabacteroides levels are mediators of these relationships, and establish that controlling oily fish and retinol intake may be beneficial for promoting healthy pubertal development.…”
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Anti-diabetic potential assessment of aqueous and ethanol extracts of arrow poison (<i>Strophanthus hispidus</i>) plant stem bark in Wistar male rats by M Osibemhe, M Ibrahim, I.O. Onoagbe

“…The results revealed significant (P<0.05) progressive decrease in fasting blood glucose concentration on the 2nd-12th weeks and 4th-12th weeks in normal and diabetic-treated rats respectively. Total cholesterol, LDL and TG levels were lowered significantly (P<0.05) by the extracts in normal and diabetic treated rats, whereas HDL levels (17.6±0.50 mg/dl) (aqueous) and (21.4±1.28 mg/dl) (ethanol) were elevated in diabetic treated rats. …”
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Is Physical Activity Related to Depression and Anxiety among Adults? Observations from a Noncommunicable Disease Screening Clinic in North India by Madhur Verma, Amandeep Kaur, Ankush Upneja, Preeti Dhoat, Jitender Aneja, Rakesh Kakkar

“…The HEPA depicted significant socioeconomic disparities. The mean total cholesterol and triglyceride levels were considerably higher in the HEPA active group, despite having lower GAD-7 and PHQ-9 scale scores. …”
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