Integrating post-validation surveillance of lymphatic filariasis with the WHO STEPwise approach to non-communicable disease risk factor surveillance in Niue, a study protocol. by Adam T Craig, Harriet Lawford, Grizelda Mokoia, Minerva Ikimau, Peter Fetaui, Tonia Marqardt, Colleen L Lau

“…Integration between the LF-PVS and STEPS will occur at multiple points, including during pre-survey community awareness raising and engagement, when obtaining informed consent, during the collection of demographics, risk factor, and location data, and when collecting finger-prick blood samples (for glucose as part of the STEPS survey and LF as part of the LF-PVS). …”
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The Alteration of Carnitine Metabolism in Second Trimester in GDM and a Nomogram for Predicting Macrosomia by Man Sun, Baihui Zhao, Sainan He, Ruopeng Weng, Binqiao Wang, Yunping Ding, Xinwen Huang, Qiong Luo

“…The dysfunction of carnitine metabolism is closely related to the abnormality of blood lipid and glucose in GDM. Carnitine metabolism abnormality could predict macrosomia complicated with GDM.…”
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Hyperglycemia Inhibits Complement-Mediated Immunological Control of S. aureus in a Rat Model of Peritonitis by Clifford T. Mauriello, Pamela S. Hair, Reuben D. Rohn, Nicholas S. Rister, Neel K. Krishna, Kenji M. Cunnion

“…Previous work in our laboratory demonstrated that elevated glucose (>6 mM) dramatically inhibited S. aureus-initiated complement-mediated immune effectors. …”
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ABA enhances the apoptotic effect of docetaxel in the multidrug-resistant DU145 prostate cancer cell line by Şumnulu Deniz, Doğanlar Zeynep Banu

“…RT-PCR analysis showed that treatment of resistant cells with 50.07 nM docetaxel and 500 μM ABA (ABA) resulted in the following changes in gene expression: heat shock protein (HSP) 70 (0.63-fold), glucose-regulated protein 94 (GRP94) 0.33-fold, inositol-requiring transmembrane kinase endoribonuclease-1α (IRE1α) 1.62-fold, ER degradation- enhancing alpha-mannosidase-like 1 (EDEM1) 1.77-fold, X-box binding protein 1 (XBP1) 1.53-fold, p21 (2.53-fold), cellular tumor antigen p53 (p53) 2.49-fold, bcl-2-like protein 4 (Bax) 2.7-fold, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF-α) 6.35-fold. …”
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Liraglutide Attenuates Hepatic Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, and Apoptosis in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Mice by Modulating the Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling Pathway by Jie Yu, Yuan Zhao, Lingling Xu, Wei Li, Huabing Zhang, Fan Ping, Yuxiu Li

“…Diabetic mice exhibited a significantly elevated blood glucose level and decreased body weight, and morphological changes of increased steatosis and apoptosis were observed in the liver compared with the control. …”
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Methylglyoxal Impairs Insulin Secretion of Pancreatic β-Cells through Increased Production of ROS and Mitochondrial Dysfunction Mediated by Upregulation of UCP2 and MAPKs by Jinshuang Bo, Shiya Xie, Yi Guo, Chunli Zhang, Yanming Guan, Chunmei Li, Jianxin Lu, Qing H. Meng

“…Methylglyoxal (MG) is a highly reactive glucose metabolic intermediate and a major precursor of advanced glycation end products. …”
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Structure, Immune and Anti-aging Activities of Capsular Polysaccharide Produced by Lactobacillus plantarum W1 by Yongjiao GAO, Kun WANG, Jing ZHAO, Feng ZUO

“…The results showed that CPS was a heteropolysaccharide with an average molecular weight of 5.49×104 Da, consisting of glucose and galactose in a molar ratio of 3.12:1. …”
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The role of dietary sugars in cancer risk: A comprehensive review of current evidence by Nazmul Hasan, Omid Yazdanpanah, Barbod Khaleghi, David J. Benjamin, Arash Rezazadeh Kalebasty

“…Fructose increases angiogenesis by VEGF overexpression while glucose stimulates cancer cell growth by the Warburg effect. …”
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Relationship between Metabolic Syndrome Components and COVID-19 Disease Severity in Hospitalized Patients: A Pilot Study by Hande Erman, Banu Boyuk, Meltem Sertbas, Ali Ozdemir

“…Of the MetS criteria fasting blood glucose (p=0.004), triglycerides (p=0.007) were significantly higher in patients with severe COVID-19 disease with no statistical significance found in waist circumference (WC) (p=0.348), systolic blood pressure (p=0.429), and HDL-C levels (p=0.263) between two groups. …”
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Feasibility of a pharmacist-led physical health monitoring for patients on antipsychotic medications: protocol for a longitudinal study by Fiona Kelly, Tien Ngoc Thi Bui, Elizabeth Hotham, Vijayaprakash Suppiah

“…In particular, the risk of metabolic syndrome; the constellation of abnormalities in weight, blood pressure, blood glucose and lipid levels, is high in this cohort. …”
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Role of platelet indices and vitamin D in forecasting deterioration of glycemic control and vascular complications in type 2 diabetes by Maryam Ahmed Obaid Al Ali, Khalid Abdelsamea Mohamedahmed, Asaad Ma Babker

“…Furthermore, diabetic patients had significantly higher levels of fasting blood glucose and hemoglobin A1C compared to the control group, along with higher MPV and slightly lower PDW. …”
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Cohort profile: the Halland osteoarthritis (HALLOA) cohort–from knee pain to osteoarthritis: a longitudinal observational study in Sweden by Ann Bremander, Maria L E Andersson, S Bergman, Katarina Aili, Emma Haglund

“…In addition, clinical hand OA was positively associated with fasting plasma glucose. We also found that modifiable factors as increased visceral fat and total body fat were associated with increased pain sensitivity among individuals with knee pain.Future plans By studying possible pathophysiological mechanisms of OA over time, we aim to provide new insights on OA progression, identify usable preventive measures helping the clinicians in the management of the disease and improve health for the patients. …”
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Establishment of a Model of Microencapsulated SGC7901 Human Gastric Carcinoma Cells Cocultured with Tumor-Associated Macrophages by Jin-Ming Zhu, Xiu-Lian Quan, Shi-Chao Han, Xue-Jun Fan, He-Ming Li, Shan-Shan Liang, Xi Chen, Ruo-Yu Wang, Xue-Ning Ji

“…Metabolic curves showed consumption of glucose and production of lactic acid by day 20. Immunocytochemistry confirmed that Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen (PCNA) and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) were expressed in microencapsulated SGC7901 cells on days 7 and 14. …”
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Magnetic resonance imaging in primates. The example of the mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus): From detection of pathological aging to therapeutic evaluations by Nelly Joseph-Mathurin, Olene Dorieux, Audrey Kraska, Anne Bertrand, Mathieu Santin, Nadine El Tannir El Tayara, Marc Dhenain

“…It allows for the description of age-associated atrophic processes, age-associated iron accumulation, and vascular anatomy (thanks to MR angiography). Cerebral glucose uptake can be studied in mouse lemurs with other in vivo imaging modalities such as positron emission tomography (PET). …”
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A retrospective study of 5S behaviours of Physical Activity (PA) among suburban Mumbai population with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) by Kosha Parikh, Shikha Thosani, Ameya Joshi, Apoorva Hajirnis, Chandani Seth

“…Both forms of physical activity (PA) can improve blood glucose, HbA1C levels, flexibility and balance. The ADA and EASD has categorised PA behaviours into 5 S. …”
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How do lifestyle and environmental factors influence the sperm epigenome? Effects on sperm fertilising ability, embryo development, and offspring health by Ayazhan Akhatova, Celine Jones, Kevin Coward, Marc Yeste

“…Metabolic changes, such as high blood glucose levels and increased body weight, are commonly observed in the offspring of fathers subjected to chronic stress, in addition to an enhanced risk of depressive-like behaviour and increased sensitivity to stress in both the F0 and F1 generations. …”
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Impact of headache in women with polycystic ovary syndrome by Lina Zabulienë, V. Hendrixson, M. Urbonas, I. Ilias, D. Jatužis

“…Participants were tested for complete blood count, fasting glucose, fasting insulin, lipid profile, and comprehensive hormone panel. …”
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EFFICACY OF THIONONTRITE-S FOR PREVENTION OF METABOLIC LIVER DISEASE IN CATTLE by Ye. V. Tyapkina, M. P. Semenenko, Ye. V.  Kuzminova, A. A.  Abramov

“…The use of thiononitrite-S promoted an increase in the protein-synthesizing function of the liver; in particular, an increase in the level of total protein was 8.8% against the baseline indicators in the experimental group. The increase in glucose level with respect to baseline indicators in the experimental group was 26.6%, in the control group this parameter decreased by 6.7%. …”
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Establishment and Validation of a New Predictive Model for Insulin Resistance based on 2 Chinese Cohorts: A Cross-Sectional Study by Shi Zhang, Xin-Cheng Wang, Jing Li, Xiao-He Wang, Yi Wang, Yan-Ju Zhang, Mei-Yang Du, Min-Ying Zhang, Jing-Na Lin, Chun-Jun Li

“…The odds ratio (OR) of age, visceral fat area (VFA), triglyceride (TG), fasting plasma glucose (FPG), and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) for IR was 1.028 (95% CI, 1.008–1.048) (P<0.01), 1.016 (95% CI, 1.009–1.023) (P<0.001), 1.184 (95% CI, 1.005–1.396) (P<0.05), 1.334 (95% CI, 1.225–1.451) (P<0.001), and 1.021 (95% CI, 1.001–1.040) (P<0.05). …”
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Determination and Analysis of 12 Saccharides and 20 Amino Acids in Five Types of Honey from Yunnan Province by SUN Xiaojie, HUANG Xuezhe, ZHAO Yuqiang, JIA Guangqun, SUN Yihan, XU Xiangdong, CUI Zongyan

“…The results showed that the contents of fructose, glucose and sucrose in the five types of honey met the requirements of the industry standards. …”
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