Browsing by Subject "Cholesterol"
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(2022-07-27)The intersection of protein and lipid biology is of growing importance for understanding how cells respond to changes in structural needs during adhesion and migration. While protein complexes engaged with the cytoskeleton ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)Hypercholesterolemia is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Interestingly, the consumption of dairy products, namely milk, has been shown to lower cholesterol. The mechanism of action surrounding this ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-11-01)Four in vitro models were used to measure the antioxidant activity of 11 citrus phytochemicals. The citrus limonoids and bergapten showed very weak antioxidant activity. The flavonoids demonstrated mild, to moderate, to ...
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(2009-05-15)Little research has focused on the relationship between lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) activity and cholesterol metabolism in dogs and cats. To study weight loss and cholesterol metabolism in dogs, four ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1992)High serum cholesterol is a significant risk factor for coronary heart disease. Dietary fibers may lower serum cholesterol levels thus reducing the risk for heart disease. Some dietary fibers are known to increase cell ...
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(2015-08-08)Sterols are essential components of cellular membranes and are required precursors for important hormones regulating growth and development. Unlike most animals, insects lack the ability to synthesize sterols de novo and ...
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(2015-11-23)The rotavirus enterotoxin, NSP4, is responsible for early secretory diarrhea associated with rotavirus infection and is critical for RV replication and morphogenesis. NSP4 interacts directly with caveolin-1 and cholesterol ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1977)A closed population of White Leghorns was used in this study to evaluate the importance of additive and nonadditive genetic variance in the inheritance of egg yolk and blood serum cholesterol in chickens. A diallel mating ...
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(2012-02-14)Sixty-six percent of the ground beef consumed in the U.S. contains 16-30 percent fat by weight, and at the retail level, ground beef fat varies widely with regards to saturated, monounsaturated and trans-fatty acid content. ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1990)A study, using the prematurely weaned rat as an animal model for the pig, was undertaken to determine the effect of dietary cholesterol and carbohydrate source on small intestinal structure and function. Duodenal and jejunal ...
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(2015-04-28)While a high-cholesterol diet has previously been shown to induce hepatic lipid accumulation in mice, the role of the intracellular cholesterol binding/transport proteins sterol carrier protein-2/sterol carrier protein-x ...
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(2015-11-10)Phytanic acid is one of many branched-chained fatty acids that humans and animals consume on a daily basis, but impaired metabolism of this compound and other branched-chain lipids such as cholesterol leads to toxicity. ...