Introduction Caspase-1 is a pro-inflammatory enzyme which gets activated by autoprocessing following the assembly of multiprotein complexes called inflammasomes. Mature caspase-1 is responsible for the activation of the proinflammatory cytokines interleukin (IL)-1b and IL-18. Luksch and colleagues reported naturally occurring CASP1 genetic variants in patients suffering from unexplained recurre...

Introduction Several recent studies have reported a link between vitamin D deficiency and certain chronic inflammatory disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and Behçet’s disease.These recent findings have led to greater emphasis on treatment of vitamin D deficiency and vitamin D supplementation in rheumatological diseases. To our knowledge, vitamin D le...

The relevance of hyperlipidemia in allograft arteriosclerosis (chronic rejection) is controversial. Isolated hypercholesterolemia induced with cholesterol-cholic acid-diet (CC-diet) or hypertriglyceridemia induced with glycerol-diet (G-diet) had no or only a protective effect on aortic allograft arteriosclerosis in the rat. Combined hyperlipidemia with both diets (CC+G-diet) enhanced allograft ...

BACKGROUND An agent that improves left ventricular (LV) performance by non-cAMP-mediated mechanisms would be valuable in the treatment of chronic heart failure. We have shown earlier that the thyroid hormone analogue 3,5-diiodothyropropionic acid (DITPA) binds to nuclear receptors, alters transcription of T3-responsive genes, and increases +dP/dtmax in hypothyroid rats with substantially less e...

We conducted an experiment for 112 d with yearling beef heifers to evaluate the effects of cottonseed meal (CSM) fed with various concentrations of vitamin E on hematological and tissue components. Heifers were assigned randomly to four treatments, with eight heifers per treatment. The treatments consisted of the following dietary supplements: 1) CON, based on soybean meal with 30 IU vitamin E/...

TOPIC: Sleep Disorders TYPE: Original Investigations PURPOSE: Sodium oxybate is an effective treatment for multiple narcolepsy symptoms, including cataplexy. Currently approved formulations require twice-nightly dosing. Efficacy and safety of FT218, investigational, extended-release formulation once-nightly sodium (ON-SXB), were analyzed in adults with the REST-ON clinical trial (NCT02720744). ...

-Concentrations of the hypoxic cell radiosensitizer misonidazole (MIS) and its 0 -demethylated metabolite Ro 05 -9963 were determined in plasma (or blood), brain and tumour after injection of I g/kg MIS i.p. to control mice or mice pretreated with 4-6 daily injections of phenobarbitone or phenytoin. Analysis was by highperformance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Phenobarbitone and phenytoin did n...

PURPOSE The authors examined the combined effects of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), creatine (C), and whey protein (P) supplementation during strength training. METHODS Sixty-nine participants (52 men, 17 women; M +/- SD age 22.5 +/-2.5 yr) were randomly assigned (double-blind) to 1 of 3 groups: CCP (6 g/d CLA + 9 g/d C + 36 g/d P; n = 22), CP (C + P + placebo oil; n = 25), or P (P + placebo...

Dietary fibre may promote satiety and reduce energy consumption per gram of food. Associated with feeding management, dietary fibre may contribute to reduce anxiety in dogs submitted to food restriction to lose weight. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the food intake and the behaviour of dogs fed diets without soya hulls (0SH) or with soya hulls (16SH) once (1×) or twice (2×) ...

Two experiments were conducted using corn from clean or aflatoxin B1 (AFB1)-contaminated (182 ppb) sources. Weanling pigs (28 d) were fed one of eight dietary treatments arranged in a 2 x 2 x 2 factorial design. In Exp. 1 (192 pigs), treatments varied in corn source (clean or AFB1-contaminated), CP level (18 or 20%) and added fat (0 or 5%). At the end of the 28-d growth trials, plasma samples w...