Liu, Juan Tan, Yuzhu Ao, Hui Feng, Wuwen Peng, Cheng
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Chinese Medicine
BackgroundIntermittent or prolonged exposure to severe cold stress disturbs energy homeostasis and can lead to hypothermia, heart failure, Alzheimer’s disease, and so on. As the typical “hot” traditional Chinese medicine, Aconite has been widely used to treat cold-associated diseases for thousands of years, but its critical mechanisms for the promo...
Duca, Frank A Lam, Tony K T
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Gut
Zhou, Enchen Hoeke, Geerte Li, Zhuang Eibergen, Arthur C Schonk, Amber W Koehorst, Martijn Boverhof, Renze Havinga, Rick Kuipers, Folkert Coskun, Tamer
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Cardiovascular research
Brown fat activation accelerates the uptake of cholesterol-enriched remnants by the liver and thereby lowers plasma cholesterol, consequently protecting against atherosclerosis development. Hepatic cholesterol is then converted into bile acids (BAs) that are secreted into the intestine and largely maintained within the enterohepatic circulation. We...
Chiang, John Y.L. Ferrell, Jessica M.
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Liver research
Cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A1, EC1.14) is the first and rate-limiting enzyme in the classic bile acid synthesis pathway. Much progress has been made in understanding the transcriptional regulation of CYP7A1 gene expression and the underlying molecular mechanisms of bile acid feedback regulation of CYP7A1 and bile acid synthesis in the las...
Jia, Ya-Qian Yuan, Zi-Wen Zhang, Xiao-Song Dong, Jia-Qi Liu, Xue-Nan Peng, Xiao-Ting Yao, Wan-Ling Ji, Peng Wei, Yan-Ming Hua, Yong-Li
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Journal of ethnopharmacology
Sophora alopecuroides L is one of the most commonly used plants in traditional medicine for the management conditions including inflammatory and gastrointestinal disease. However, the therapeutic mechanism of Sophora alopecuroides L.particularly in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) remains unclear. To evaluate the treatment effects of total alkaloid...
Shi, Wei Jiang, Yan Zhao, Dong-Sheng Jiang, Li-Long Liu, Feng-Jie Wu, Zi-Tian Li, Zhuo-Qing Wang, Ling-Li Zhou, Jing Li, Ping
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Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association
Studies have shown that 8-epidiosbulbin E acetate (EEA), a major diterpenoid lactone in the tuber of Dioscorea bulbifera, can induce hepatotoxicity in vivo. However, the underlying mechanisms remain unknown. Using the integrated transcriptomic and metabolomics method, in this study we investigated the global effect of EEA exposure on the transcript...
Chen, Qichao Liu, Min Zhang, Pengyu Fan, Shujun Huang, Jinli Yu, Shunying Zhang, Caihua Li, Huajun
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Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Dyslipidemia is an important risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. Fucoidan (FUC) is a polysaccharide extracted from brown marine algae with various biological activities. Galactooligosaccharides (GOS) are important prebiotics that exert benefits on the intestinal microbiota. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of FUC and GOS on...
Ferrell, Jessica M Pathak, Preeti Boehme, Shannon Gilliland, Tricia Chiang, John Y L
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Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.)
Activation of the nuclear bile acid receptor farnesoid X receptor (FXR) protects against hepatic inflammation and injury, while Takeda G protein-coupled receptor 5 (TGR5) promotes adipose tissue browning and energy metabolism. Here, we examined the physiological and metabolic effects of the deficiency of these two bile acid receptors on hepatic met...
D’Elia, Riccardo V. Goodchild, Sarah A. Winder, Catherine L. Southam, Andrew D. Weber, Ralf J. M. Stahl, Fiona M. Docx, Cerys Patel, Vikesh Green, A. Christopher Viant, Mark R.
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Metabolomics
IntroductionExposure to ricin can be lethal and treatments that are under development have short windows of opportunity for administration after exposure. It is therefore essential to achieve early detection of ricin exposure to provide the best prognosis for exposed individuals. Ricin toxin can be detected in clinical samples via several antibody-...
Liu, Yang Li, Qi Wang, Hualin Zhao, Xiuju Li, Na Zhang, Hongyu Chen, Guoxun Liu, Zhiguo
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The Journal of nutritional biochemistry
Our previous studies have found that fish oil rich in ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (ω-3 PUFA) protects against non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in mice. This study was aimed to explore the effects of fish oil on high fat diet (HFD)-induced circadian bile composition chaos. Male C57BL/6 mice were randomly divided into three groups, a con...
