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Volume 7;  2008
Hypothesis
Can essential fatty acids reduce the burden of disease(s)?
Undurti N Das
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 9. Published online 2008 March 18. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-9.
PMCID: PMC2276500
Can endogenous lipid molecules serve as predictors and prognostic markers of coronary heart disease?
Undurti N Das
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 19. Published online 2008 May 20. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-19.
PMCID: PMC2423354
Essential fatty acids and their metabolites could function as endogenous HMG-CoA reductase and ACE enzyme inhibitors, anti-arrhythmic, anti-hypertensive, anti-atherosclerotic, anti-inflammatory, cytoprotective, and cardioprotective molecules
Undurti N Das
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 37. Published online 2008 October 15. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-37.
PMCID: PMC2576273
Short Papers
Acne vulgaris, mental health and omega-3 fatty acids: a report of cases
Mark G Rubin, Katherine Kim, and Alan C Logan
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 36. Published online 2008 October 13. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-36.
PMCID: PMC2577647
Fat-to-glucose interconversion by hydrodynamic transfer of two glyoxylate cycle enzyme genes
P Cordero, J Campion, FI Milagro, F Marzo, and JA Martinez
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 49. Published online 2008 December 10. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-49.
PMCID: PMC2614421
Research
Effects of flavonoids on sphingolipid turnover in the toxin-damaged liver and liver cells
Nataliya A Babenko and Elena G Shakhova
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 1. Published online 2008 January 28. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-1.
PMCID: PMC2265705
Induction of calcification by serum depletion in cell culture: a model for focal calcification in aortas related to atherosclerosis
Howard HT Hsu, Antonio Artigues, and Maria T Villar
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 2. Published online 2008 January 29. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-2.
PMCID: PMC2248577
Heterozygous CAV1 frameshift mutations (MIM 601047) in patients with atypical partial lipodystrophy and hypertriglyceridemia
Henian Cao, Lindsay Alston, Jennifer Ruschman, and Robert A Hegele
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 3. Published online 2008 January 31. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-3.
PMCID: PMC2276215
Chronic prehepatic portal hypertension in the rat: is it a type of Metabolic Inflammatory Syndrome?
Fernando Sánchez-Patán, Raquel Anchuelo, Maria-Angeles Aller, Elena Vara, Cruz García, Maria-Paz Nava, and Jaime Arias
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 4. Published online 2008 February 13. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-4.
PMCID: PMC2262079
Association of endothelial nitric oxide synthase promoter region (T-786C) gene polymorphism with acute coronary syndrome and coronary heart disease
Ç Çiftçi, S Melil, Y Çebi, M Ersöz, P Çağatay, M Kılıçgedik, and B Süsleyici Duman
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 5. Published online 2008 February 25. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-5.
PMCID: PMC2267783
The effect of Korean pine nut oil (PinnoThin™) on food intake, feeding behaviour and appetite: A double-blind placebo-controlled trial
Georgina M Hughes, Emma J Boyland, Nicola J Williams, Louise Mennen, Corey Scott, Tim C Kirkham, Joanne A Harrold, Hiskias G Keizer, and Jason CG Halford
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 6. Published online 2008 February 28. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-6.
PMCID: PMC2289823
Correlating corneal arcus with atherosclerosis in familial hypercholesterolemia
Loren A Zech, Jr and Jeffery M Hoeg
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 7. Published online 2008 March 10. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-7.
PMCID: PMC2279133
Effect of leptin infusion on insulin sensitivity and lipid metabolism in diet-induced lipodystrophy model mice
Koji Nagao, Nao Inoue, Yoko Ujino, Kouki Higa, Bungo Shirouchi, Yu-Ming Wang, and Teruyoshi Yanagita
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 8. Published online 2008 March 18. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-8.
PMCID: PMC2278145
The effect of Korean pine nut oil on in vitro CCK release, on appetite sensations and on gut hormones in post-menopausal overweight women
Wilrike J Pasman, Jos Heimerikx, Carina M Rubingh, Robin van den Berg, Marianne O'Shea, Luisa Gambelli, Henk FJ Hendriks, Alexandra WC Einerhand, Corey Scott, Hiskias G Keizer, and Louise I Mennen
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 10. Published online 2008 March 20. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-10.
PMCID: PMC2322999
Abdominal obesity, blood glucose and apolipoprotein B levels are the best predictors of the incidence of hypercholesterolemia (2001–2006) among healthy adults: the ATTICA Study
Demosthenes B Panagiotakos, Christos Pitsavos, Yannis Skoumas, Yannis Lentzas, Labros Papadimitriou, Christina Chrysohoou, and Christodoulos Stefanadis
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 11. Published online 2008 March 31. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-11.
PMCID: PMC2365944
The use of a Cissus quadrangularis/Irvingia gabonensis combination in the management of weight loss: a double-blind placebo-controlled study
Julius E Oben, Judith L Ngondi, Claudia N Momo, Gabriel A Agbor, and Caroline S Makamto Sobgui
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 12. Published online 2008 March 31. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-12.
PMCID: PMC2330043
Hydrogenated fat diet intake during pregnancy and lactation modifies the PAI-1 gene expression in white adipose tissue of offspring in adult life
Luciana P Pisani, Claudia M Oller do Nascimento, Allain A Bueno, Carolina Biz, Kelse T Albuquerque, Eliane B Ribeiro, and Lila M Oyama
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 13. Published online 2008 April 4. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-13.
PMCID: PMC2365943
Raisins and additional walking have distinct effects on plasma lipids and inflammatory cytokines
Michael J Puglisi, Ushma Vaishnav, Sudeep Shrestha, Moises Torres-Gonzalez, Richard J Wood, Jeff S Volek, and Maria Luz Fernandez
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 14. Published online 2008 April 16. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-14.
PMCID: PMC2329638
Synergistic effects of high fat feeding and apolipoprotein E deletion on enterocytic amyloid-beta abundance
Susan Galloway, Menuka MS Pallebage-Gamarallage, Ryusuke Takechi, Le Jian, Russell D Johnsen, Satvinder S Dhaliwal, and John CL Mamo
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 15. Published online 2008 April 22. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-15.
PMCID: PMC2359747
Effects of a high fat diet on bone of growing rats. Correlations between visceral fat, adiponectin and bone mass density
Gerard Lac, Helian Cavalie, Edmond Ebal, and Odile Michaux
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 16. Published online 2008 April 28. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-16.
PMCID: PMC2386795
Changes in cholesterol kinetics following sugar cane policosanol supplementation: a randomized control trial
Amira N Kassis and Peter JH Jones
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 17. Published online 2008 April 30. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-17.
PMCID: PMC2390548
Characteristic comparison of triglyceride-rich remnant lipoprotein measurement between a new homogenous assay (RemL-C) and a conventional immunoseparation method (RLP-C)
Hiroshi Yoshida, Hideo Kurosawa, Yuji Hirowatari, Yutaka Ogura, Katsunori Ikewaki, Ikuro Abe, Shinichi Saikawa, Kenichi Domitsu, Kumie Ito, Hidekatsu Yanai, and Norio Tada
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 18. Published online 2008 May 17. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-18.
PMCID: PMC2396627
The effects of beta2 adrenergic receptor gene polymorphism in lipid profiles
Wei-Tsung Kao, Yung-Chieh Yen, and For-Wey Lung
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 20. Published online 2008 May 21. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-20.
PMCID: PMC2430561
Effect of dietary fat on hepatic liver X receptor expression in P-glycoprotein deficient mice: implications for cholesterol metabolism
Sheila J Thornton, Evelyn Wong, Stephen D Lee, and Kishor M Wasan
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 21. Published online 2008 June 11. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-21.
PMCID: PMC2440743
Plasma PCSK9 levels are significantly modified by statins and fibrates in humans
Janice Mayne, Thilina Dewpura, Angela Raymond, Marion Cousins, Anna Chaplin, Karen A Lahey, Stephen A LaHaye, Majambu Mbikay, Teik Chye Ooi, and Michel Chrétien
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 22. Published online 2008 June 11. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-22.
PMCID: PMC2432057
Lipoprotein binding preference of CD36 is altered by filipin treatment
Jianshe Zhang, Wuying Chu, and Ian Crandall
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 23. Published online 2008 June 26. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-23.
PMCID: PMC2483703
The omega-3 fatty acid, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), prevents the damaging effects of tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha during murine skeletal muscle cell differentiation
Peter Magee, Stephen Pearson, and Jeremy Allen
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 24. Published online 2008 July 18. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-24.
PMCID: PMC2500009
Increased plasma apoM levels in the patients suffered from hepatocellular carcinoma and other chronic liver diseases
Jingting Jiang, Xiaoying Zhang, Changping Wu, Xihu Qin, Guanghua Luo, Haifeng Deng, Minyang Lu, Bin Xu, Min Li, Mei Ji, and Ning Xu
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 25. Published online 2008 July 24. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-25.
PMCID: PMC2503980
Weight loss and brown adipose tissue reduction in rat model of sleep apnea
Denis Martinez, Luiz FT Vasconcellos, Patricia G de Oliveira, and Signorá P Konrad
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 26. Published online 2008 July 31. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-26.
PMCID: PMC2515839
The prevention of endothelial dysfunction through endothelial cell apoptosis inhibition in a hypercholesterolemic rabbit model: the effect of L-arginine supplementation
Mehdi Nematbakhsh, Shaghayegh Haghjooyjavanmard, Farzaneh Mahmoodi, and Ali Reza Monajemi
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 27. Published online 2008 August 2. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-27.
PMCID: PMC2533308
Albuminuria and its correlates in an Iranian type 2 diabetic population
Manouchehr Nakhjavani, Alireza Esteghamati, Fatemeh Esfahanian, Naser Aghamohammadzadeh, Sepehr Hamidi, Alipasha Meysamie, and Mehrshad Abbasi
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 28. Published online 2008 August 10. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-28.
PMCID: PMC2527557
Isoforms of Retinol binding protein 4 (RBP4) are increased in chronic diseases of the kidney but not of the liver
Simone K Frey, Britta Nagl, Andrea Henze, Jens Raila, Beate Schlosser, Thomas Berg, Martin Tepel, Walter Zidek, Martin O Weickert, Andreas FH Pfeiffer, and Florian J Schweigert
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 29. Published online 2008 August 27. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-29.
PMCID: PMC2533662
Effects of Krill Oil on serum lipids of hyperlipidemic rats and human SW480 cells
Jia-Jin Zhu, Jia-Hui Shi, Wen-Bin Qian, Zhen-Zhen Cai, and Duo Li
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 30. Published online 2008 August 29. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-30.
PMCID: PMC2542376
Effects of butter naturally enriched with conjugated linoleic acid and vaccenic acid on blood lipids and LDL particle size in growing pigs
Anna Haug, Per Sjøgren, Nina Hølland, Hanne Müller, Nils P Kjos, Ole Taugbøl, Nina Fjerdingby, Anne S Biong, Eirik Selmer-Olsen, and Odd M Harstad
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 31. Published online 2008 August 29. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-31.
PMCID: PMC2533663
s-ICAM-1 and s-VCAM-1 in healthy men are strongly associated with traits of the metabolic syndrome, becoming evident in the postprandial response to a lipid-rich meal
Diana Rubin, Sandra Claas, Maria Pfeuffer, Michael Nothnagel, Ulrich R Foelsch, and Juergen Schrezenmeir
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 32. Published online 2008 September 1. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-32.
PMCID: PMC2543007
Genetic studies on the APOA1-C3-A5 gene cluster in Asian Indians with premature coronary artery disease
Jayashree Shanker, Ganapathy Perumal, Veena S Rao, Natesha B Khadrinarasimhiah, Shibu John, Sridhara Hebbagodi, Manjari Mukherjee, and Vijay V Kakkar
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 33. Published online 2008 September 19. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-33.
PMCID: PMC2556320
Conjugated linoleic acid content of human plasma
Spiros N Zlatanos, Kostas Laskaridis, and Angelos Sagredos
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 34. Published online 2008 September 30. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-34.
PMCID: PMC2565665
Cholesterol lowering effect of a soy drink enriched with plant sterols in a French population with moderate hypercholesterolemia
Christina Weidner, Michel Krempf, Jean-Marie Bard, Murielle Cazaubiel, and Doris Bell
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 35. Published online 2008 October 6. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-35.
PMCID: PMC2569033
Taurine reduces the secretion of apolipoprotein B100 and lipids in HepG2 cells
Teruyoshi Yanagita, Seo-Young Han, Ying Hu, Koji Nagao, Hideaki Kitajima, and Shigeru Murakami
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 38. Published online 2008 October 17. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-38.
PMCID: PMC2579289
Effects on hemodynamics and gas exchange of omega-3 fatty acid-enriched lipid emulsion in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS): a prospective, randomized, double-blind, parallel group study
Joan Sabater, Joan Ramon Masclans, Judit Sacanell, Pilar Chacon, Pilar Sabin, and Merce Planas
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 39. Published online 2008 October 23. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-39.
PMCID: PMC2584023
Secular trends in cholesterol lipoproteins and triglycerides and prevalence of dyslipidemias in an urban Indian population
Rajeev Gupta, Soneil Guptha, Aachu Agrawal, Vijay Kaul, Kiran Gaur, and Vijay P Gupta
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 40. Published online 2008 October 24. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-40.
PMCID: PMC2579290
No effect of an oleoylethanolamide-related phospholipid on satiety and energy intake: a randomised controlled trial of phosphatidylethanolamine
FE Lithander, CM Strik, A-T McGill, AK MacGibbon, BH McArdle, and SD Poppitt
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 41. Published online 2008 October 29. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-41.
PMCID: PMC2600636
Effect of opium addiction on new and traditional cardiovascular risk factors: do duration of addiction and route of administration matter?
Sedigheh Asgary, Nizal Sarrafzadegan, Gholam-Ali Naderi, and Reza Rozbehani
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 42. Published online 2008 November 3. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-42.
PMCID: PMC2588593
Dietary fish oil did not prevent sleep deprived rats from a reduction in adipose tissue adiponectin gene expression
Ana Barbosa Marcondes de Mattos, Mônica Jordão S Pinto, Cristiane Oliveira, Carolina Biz, Eliane Beraldi Ribeiro, Claudia Maria Oller do Nascimento, Monica Levy Andersen, Sergio Tufik, and Lila Missae Oyama
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 43. Published online 2008 November 5. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-43.
PMCID: PMC2613381
Inhibition of Irvingia gabonensis seed extract (OB131) on adipogenesis as mediated via down regulation of the PPARgamma and Leptin genes and up-regulation of the adiponectin gene
Julius E Oben, Judith L Ngondi, and Kenneth Blum
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 44. Published online 2008 November 13. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-44.
PMCID: PMC2588592
The influence of feeding linoleic, gamma-linolenic and docosahexaenoic acid rich oils on rat brain tumor fatty acids composition and fatty acid binding protein 7 mRNA expression
Javad Nasrollahzadeh, Fereydoun Siassi, Mahmood Doosti, Mohammad Reza Eshraghian, Fazel Shokri, Mohammad Hossein Modarressi, Javad Mohammadi-Asl, Khosro Abdi, Arash Nikmanesh, and Seyed Morteza Karimian
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 45. Published online 2008 November 16. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-45.
PMCID: PMC2605445
Apolipoprotein gene polymorphisms and plasma levels in healthy Tunisians and patients with coronary artery disease
Raoudha Bahri, Esther Esteban, Pedro Moral, Mohsen Hassine, Khaldoun Ben Hamda, and Hassen Chaabani
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 46. Published online 2008 November 17. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-46.
PMCID: PMC2615423
A rapid 3% polyacrylamide slab gel electrophoresis method for high through put screening of LDL phenotype
Yogendra Singh, Ramakrishnan Lakshmy, Ruby Gupta, and Vemparala Kranthi
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 47. Published online 2008 November 26. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-47.
PMCID: PMC2607270
Enhanced production of nitric oxide, reactive oxygen species, and pro-inflammatory cytokines in very long chain saturated fatty acid-accumulated macrophages
Naotake Yanagisawa, Kazunori Shimada, Tetsuro Miyazaki, Atsumi Kume, Yohei Kitamura, Katsuhiko Sumiyoshi, Takashi Kiyanagi, Takafumi Iesaki, Nao Inoue, and Hiroyuki Daida
Lipids Health Dis. 2008; 7: 48. Published online 2008 November 28. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-7-48.
PMCID: PMC2613382
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