Biochemical and antioxidant responses of common carp (Cyprinus carpio) exposed to sublethal concentrations of the antiepileptic and analgesic drug gabapentin by J Blahova, P Mikula, P Marsalek, Z Svobodova

“…Numerous changes in antioxidant enzymes, superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione-S-transferase, as well as lipid peroxidation, were observed especially in the caudal kidney in the group exposed to 100 μg/l. …”
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Simvastatin Does Not Affect Vitamin D Status, but Low Vitamin D Levels Are Associated with Dyslipidemia: Results from a Randomised, Controlled Trial by Lars Rejnmark, Peter Vestergaard, Lene Heickendorff, Leif Mosekilde

“…Our data do not support a pharmacological effect of statins on vitamin D status, but do suggest that vitamin D may influence plasma lipid profile and thus be of importance to cardiovascular health.…”
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Lipoxin Inhibits Fungal Uptake by Macrophages and Reduces the Severity of Acute Pulmonary Infection Caused by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis by Laura R. R. Ribeiro, Flávio V. Loures, Eliseu F. de Araújo, Cláudia Feriotti, Tânia A. Costa, Carlos Henrique Serezani, Sonia Jancar, Vera L. G. Calich

“…Cysteinyl leukotrienes (CysLTs) and lipoxins (LXs) are lipid mediators that control inflammation, with the former inducing and the latter inhibiting this process. …”
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Gamma Irradiation of Plukenetia volubilis L. Seeds Promotes Several Changes during Its Germination and Vegetative Growth by Mike Anderson Corazon-Guivin, Sofia Rengifo-Del Aguila, Angel David Hernández-Amasifuen, Víctor Manuel Arévalo-Rojas, Ronny Anthony Acosta-Córdova, Agustín Cerna-Mendoza, Thiago de Araújo Mastrangelo, Jorge Damian Valverde-Iparraguirre, Juan Carlos Guerrero-Abad

“…Plukenetia volubilis (“sacha inchi”) is a perennial plant that produces edible seeds with a remarkable lipid composition that is highly concentrated in polyunsaturated essential fatty acids. …”
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Exercise as a mean to reverse the detrimental effect of high-fat diet on bone’s fracture characteristics by Ilias Doulamis, Despina N. Perrea, Panagiotis E. Chatzistergos, Athanasios S. Mitousoudis, Stavros K. Kourkoulis

“…The aim of this study is to investigate whether exercise can reverse some of the adverse effects of high-fat-diet-induced obesity on lipid metabolism and bone biomechanical properties. …”
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Encapsulation of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) using self-assembling food-derived proteins for efficient biological functions by Yumeng Liu, Kaixin Cao, Tong Li, Delun Mu, Naiqi Zhang, Ying Wang, Rina Wu, Junrui Wu

“…Meanwhile, increased uptake of DHA was verified by HepG2 cells, and O, M, S, and β micelles were proven to increase DHA uptake to reduce lipid deposition. Our findings strongly support the possibility that O, M, S, and β micelles can be regarded as a carrier for loading DHA.…”
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No Obesity Paradox—BMI Incapable of Adequately Capturing the Relation of Obesity with All-Cause Mortality: An Inception Diabetes Cohort Study by Mohammadreza Bozorgmanesh, Banafsheh Arshi, Farhad Sheikholeslami, Fereidoun Azizi, Farzad Hadaegh

“…We analyzed data of diabetic patients attending a community-based prospective, “Tehran lipid and glucose study.” In the mortality analysis, anthropometric measures—body mass index (BMI), waist, and hip circumference—were assessed using Cox models incorporating cubic spline functions. …”
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Ferroptosis in thyroid cancer: mechanisms, current status, and treatment by Wenzhi Tian, Wenzhi Tian, Xi Su, Chenchen Hu, Dong Chen, Peng Li

“…Distinct from apoptosis, necrosis, and autophagy, ferroptosis is characterized by the accumulation of lipid peroxides and reactive oxygen species, culminating in cellular damage and death.Recent research has elucidated a connection between ferroptosis and the initiation, progression, and treatment of thyroid cancer. …”
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Case report: Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis masquerading as adult ADHD in psychiatric practice by Jongtae Kim, Yun Jeong Hong, Si Baek Lee, Seong Hoon Kim, Myung Ah Lee, Eunbuel Ko, Jeong Wook Park

“…CTX, a genetic disorder impacting lipid metabolism, is often overlooked in differential diagnoses due to its rarity. …”
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Silymarin: a promising modulator of apoptosis and survival signaling in cancer by Ujjawal Sharma, Praveen Kumar Sahni, Bunty Sharma, Madhu Gupta, Damandeep Kaur, Darin Mansor Mathkor, Shafiul Haque, Sabiha Khatoon, Hardeep Singh Tuli, Astha Mishra, Faraz Ahmad

“…As efficient carriers, liposomes, polymeric micelles, lipid- and metal-based nanoparticles, increase the solubility and distribution of silymarin in target tissues. …”
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PTEN Sequence Analysis in Endometrial Hyperplasia and Endometrial Carcinoma in Slovak Women by H. Gbelcová, P. Bakeš, P. Priščáková, V. Šišovský, I. Hojsíková, Ľ. Straka, M. Konečný, J. Markus, C. W. D’Acunto, T. Ruml, D. Böhmer, Ľ. Danihel, V. Repiská

“…Phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) is a protein that acts as a tumor suppressor by dephosphorylating the lipid second messenger phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate. …”
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Cytopathologic, Histopathologic, and Immunohistochemical Features of Intrahepatic Clear Cell Bile Duct Adenoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by William W. Wu, Mai Gu, Di Lu

“…Histochemical analysis of the tumor suggested the cause of cytoplasmic clearing in the neoplastic cells to be mucin and not glycogen or lipid. On immunohistochemical staining, the neoplastic cells demonstrated staining for CK7, CA 19-9, polyclonal CEA, CD10 (apical), CD56 (focal), and vimentin. …”
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Cardiovascular Risk Assessment: A Comparison of the Framingham, PROCAM, and DAD Equations in HIV-Infected Persons by Max Weyler Nery, Celina Maria Turchi Martelli, Erika Aparecida Silveira, Clarissa Alencar de Sousa, Marianne de Oliveira Falco, Aline de Cássia Oliveira de Castro, Jorge Tannus Esper, Luis Carlos Silva e Souza, Marília Dalva Turchi

“…The participants' mean age was 36.8 years (SD = 10.3), 76.9% were men, and 66.3% were on antiretroviral therapy. 47.8% of the participants had abdominal obesity, 23.1% were current smokers, 20.0% had hypertension, and 2.0% had diabetes. At least one lipid abnormality was detected in 72.8%, and a low HDL-C level was the most common. …”
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Bacteriophage Treatment Induces Phenotype Switching and Alters Antibiotic Resistance of ESBL <i>Escherichia coli</i> by Árpád Rózsa, László Orosz, Nikoletta Szemerédi, Gabriella Spengler, Gábor Kecskeméti, Otília Vágó, Károly Péter Sárvári, Diana Szabó, Zoltán Szabó, Katalin Burián, Dezső Péter Virok

“…The downregulated proteins were involved in various metabolic pathways, including nucleic acid, protein and lipid metabolism, and iron acquisition. Bacteriophage treatment also led to increased bacterial membrane permeability. …”
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Body Fat Equations and Electrical Bioimpedance Values in Prediction of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Eutrophic and Overweight Adolescents by Franciane Rocha Faria, Eliane Rodrigues Faria, Roberta Stofeles Cecon, Djalma Adão Barbosa Júnior, Sylvia do Carmo Castro Franceschini, Maria do Carmo Gouveia Peluzio, Andréia Queiroz Ribeiro, Pedro Israel Cabral Lira, Paulo Roberto Cecon, Silvia Eloiza Priore

“…The percentage of body fat (% BF) was estimated using 10 body fat anthropometric equations and 2 BIA. We measured lipid profiles, uric acid, insulin, fasting glucose, homeostasis model assessment-insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), and blood pressure. …”
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Effect of Dementia on the Use of Drugs for Secondary Prevention of Ischemic Heart Disease by Nicole R. Fowler, Amber E. Barnato, Howard B. Degenholtz, Angela M. Curcio, James T. Becker, Lewis H. Kuller, Oscar L. Lopez

“…To examine the effect of dementia on the use of four medications recommended for secondary prevention of ischemic heart disease (IHD): angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, beta-blockers, lipid-lowering medications, and antiplatelet medications. …”
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The effects of diacylglycerol edible oil intervention in patients with chronic metabolic syndrome combined with asymptomatic hyperuricemia: study protocol for a multicenter, prospe... by Gui-yu Li, Cui-feng Zhu, Zhao-qi Huang, Chun-li Piao, Jia-jun Yu, Li Wang, Qiang Zeng, Yu-yu Lei, Yue Li, Xiao-ling Zhu, Zhen-tian Zhang, Tian-hua Huang, Meng-shuang Li, Shu-zhong Lin, Nai-wen Zhang, Fangyingnan Zhang, Yong-hua Wang, Dan-ping Xu

“…Fasting blood glucose, 2 h postprandial blood glucose, fasting insulin, glycated hemoglobin, lipid profile, and average carotid intima-media thickness will be evaluated as the secondary outcomes. …”
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Phytochemical, Antioxidant and Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Studies on Fruit-Skin Ethanol Extract of Annona muricata by Wisdom O. Iyanda-Joel, Olusayo B. Ajetunmobi, Shalom N. Chinedu, Emeka E. J. Iweala, Oluwatobi S. Adegbite

“…Terpenoids, steroids, phenols among other phytochemicals were found present in ESA and the extract showed very low antioxidant properties at the tested concentrations based on the diphenyl-1-picryhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging activity assay. Lipid peroxidation was induced in a concentration-dependent manner on both the cytosolic and mitochondrial hepatocyte fractions in vitro. …”
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Bioactivity of Nonedible Parts of Punica granatum L.: A Potential Source of Functional Ingredients by Nawraj Rummun, Jhoti Somanah, Srishti Ramsaha, Theeshan Bahorun, Vidushi S. Neergheen-Bhujun

“…The flower extract exhibited high ferric reducing, nitric oxide scavenging, and iron (II) ions chelation and significantly inhibited microsomal lipid peroxidation. Furthermore, it showed a dose-dependent inhibition of xanthine oxidase with an IC50 value of  mg air dry weight/mL. …”
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Advances in Drug Targeting, Drug Delivery, and Nanotechnology Applications: Therapeutic Significance in Cancer Treatment by Fatih Ciftci, Ali Can Özarslan, İmran Cagri Kantarci, Aslihan Yelkenci, Ozlem Tavukcuoglu, Mansour Ghorbanpour

“…The second part discussed drug carrier systems in nanobiotechnology (carbon nanotubes, nanoparticles, coated, pegylated, solid lipid nanoparticles and smart polymeric nanogels). …”
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