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New Research Overturns Decades of Thinking on Fat’s Role in Alzheimer’s

Purdue researchers have uncovered how fat-laden immune cells in the brain fuel Alzheimer’s. Credit: Shutterstock Excess fat in brain immune cells weakens defenses against Alzheimer’s. Blocking fat ...
Purdue University

Purdue-led study shows how fat disables the brain’s immune shield in Alzheimer’s disease

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — It was long thought that fat in the brain played no role in neurodegenerative diseases, but Purdue University researchers are challenging that assumption. The research findings, ...
SciELO

Influence of Breastfeeding Time on Caloric Composition and IL-10 and TNF-α Cytokines, Fatty Acids, and Triacylglycerol in Human Milk Colostrum in Previous, Intermediate, and ...

The composition of human milk (HM) includes changes under the influence of factors such as genetics, stage of lactation, time of day, and even breastfeeding time. However, the authors are not aware of ...
The Lancet

Moderate-intensity exercise training uniquely modulates circulating lipid species beyond classical lipid levels in humans

bDepartment of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Sport and Health University Research Institute (iMUDS), University of Granada, Carretera de Alfacar s/n, Granada, 18071, Spain ...
The Lancet

Interactions between bacteria in the human nasopharynx: a scoping review

aThe Marshall Centre for Infectious Diseases, Research and Training, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia bSchool of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, ...
eLife

Serum proteomic profiling of physical activity reveals CD300LG as a novel exerkine with a potential causal link to glucose homeostasis

This useful article describes a proteomic analysis of plasma from subjects before and after an exercise regime consisting of endurance and resistance exercise. The work identifies a putative new ...
PNAS

Genome-wide profiling of soybean WRINKLED1 transcription factor binding sites provides insight into seed storage lipid biosynthesis

We report the genome-wide profiling of DNA sequences bound by and the genes directly regulated by soybean WRINKLED1, a central regulator of storage lipid accumulation in oilseed plants. Our findings ...
C&EN

Predicting Fingerprint Age Based on Ozonolysis Kinetics of Unsaturated Triacylglycerol Degradation

Article Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Dijkstra, A.J. (2000) Revisiting the formation of trans isomers during partial hydrogenation of triacylglycerol oils. Journal of the American Oil Chemists’ Society, 77, 1329 ...

ABSTRACT: Hydrolysis reactions are of major importance to the oleochemical industry in the production of fatty acid and their derivates. Hydrolysis of triglyceride from vegetable oil has been studied ...
ahajournals.org

Cardiac Metabolism in Heart Failure and Implications for Uremic Cardiomyopathy

Chronic kidney disease is associated with an increased risk for the development and progression of cardiovascular disorders including hypertension, dyslipidemia, and coronary artery disease. Chronic ...
Frontiers

Editorial: Lipids in Cyanobacteria, Algae, and Plants—From Biology to Biotechnology

Lipids are small amphipathic molecules, harboring a hydrophobic moiety and more or less developed hydrophilic regions, with a broad diversity of chemical structures, ranging from fatty acids and ...