BACKGROUND Data from recent meta-analyses question an association between dietary intake of saturated fatty acids (SFAs) and risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Moreover, the prognostic effect of dietary SFA in patients with established CVD treated with modern conventional medication has not been extensively studied. OBJECTIVE We investigated the associations between self-reported dietary S...

BACKGROUND Nuclear transcription factor kappaB (NF-kappaB) plays an important role in atherosclerosis by modulating gene expression. Postprandial lipemia has been correlated with an increase in NF-kappaB activation in vascular cells and it is associated with an increase in postprandial triacylglycerol-rich lipoproteins, which are involved in the development of atherosclerotic plaque. OBJECTIV...

BACKGROUND The intake of n-3 (formerly called omega-3) fatty acids (FAs) may be inversely associated with plasma total homocysteine (tHcy) concentrations, but the epidemiologic data are sparse. OBJECTIVE We examined the association between dietary fat and tHcy in a Norwegian population. DESIGN A cross-sectional, population-based study of 5917 subjects in 2 age groups (47-49 and 71-74 y old)...

BACKGROUND Clinical manifestations of acute myocarditis, with distinct onset, vary from asymptomatic to fatal. The predictors of the course of the disease in patients with acute myocarditis at initial presentation have not yet been established. In this study, we examined the predictive values of various parameters in the disease course of patients with myocarditis. METHODS AND RESULTS Twenty-...

BACKGROUND Experimental elevation of nonesterified fatty acids (NEFAs) impairs endothelial function, but the effect of NEFA composition is unknown. OBJECTIVE The objective was to test the effect of acute elevation of NEFAs enriched with either saturated fatty acids (SFAs) or SFAs with long-chain (LC) n-3 (omega-3) PUFAs on vascular function measured via flow-mediated dilatation (FMD), laser D...

Clarias gariepinus and Oreochromis niloticus are two important fish species that widely consumed in many parts of the world. This study investigated nutritional composition, fatty acid profiles organoleptic evaluation these raised under wild pond-cultured systems. Five samples each were randomly collected from Ashaka Town, Delta State, Nigeria. The proximate composition was determined using sta...

BACKGROUND Experimental evidence suggests that hepatic de novo lipogenesis (DNL) affects insulin homeostasis via synthesis of saturated fatty acids (SFAs) and monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs). Few prospective studies have used fatty acid biomarkers to assess associations with type 2 diabetes. OBJECTIVES We investigated associations of major circulating SFAs [palmitic acid (16:0) and steari...

Studies of the Fermi surface modification after $\mathit{in}\phantom{\rule{0.16em}{0ex}}\mathit{situ}$ covering NbP semimetal with heavy elements Pb and Nb ultrathin layers were performed by means angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES). First, electronic structure was investigated for pristine single crystals two possible terminations (P Nb) (0 0 1) surface. The nature states these c...

Topological Weyl semimetals (TWSs) are exotic crystals possessing emergent relativistic fermions connected by unique surface Fermi arcs (SFAs) in their electronic structures. To realize the TWS state, certain symmetries (such as inversion or time reversal symmetry) must be broken, leading to a topological phase transition (TPT). Despite great importance understanding formation of TWSs and unusu...