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Time-restricted eating effects on performance, immune function, and body composition in elite cyclists: a randomized controlled trial.
2020
Abstract Background Although there is substantial interest in intermittent fasting as a dietary approach in active individuals, information regarding its effects in elite endurance athletes is currently unavailable. The present parallel randomized trial investigated the effects of a particular intermittent fasting approach, called time-restricted eating (TRE), during 4 weeks of high-level endurance training. Methods Sixteen elite under-23 cyclists were randomly assigned either to a TRE group or a control group (ND). The TRE group consumed 100% of its estimated daily energy needs in an 8-h time window (from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.) whilst energy intake in the ND group was distributed in 3 me…
Complement Activation in Peritoneal Dialysis–Induced Arteriolopathy
2017
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of increased mortality in patients with CKD and is further aggravated by peritoneal dialysis (PD). Children are devoid of preexisting CVD and provide unique insight into specific uremia- and PD-induced pathomechanisms of CVD. We obtained peritoneal specimens from children with stage 5 CKD at time of PD catheter insertion (CKD5 group), children with established PD (PD group), and age-matched nonuremic controls (n=6/group). We microdissected omental arterioles from tissue layers not directly exposed to PD fluid and used adjacent sections of four arterioles per patient for transcriptomic and proteomic analyses. Findings were validated in omenta…
Liver-specific p38α deficiency causes reduced cell growth and cytokinesis failure during chronic biliary cirrhosis in mice
2012
p38α mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) may be essential in the up-regulation of proinflammatory cytokines and can be activated by transforming growth factor β, tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin-1β, and oxidative stress. p38 MAPK activation results in hepatocyte growth arrest, whereas increased proliferation has been considered a hallmark of p38α-deficient cells. Our aim was to assess the role of p38α in the progression of biliary cirrhosis induced by chronic cholestasis as an experimental model of chronic inflammation associated with hepatocyte proliferation, apoptosis, oxidative stress, and fibrogenesis. Cholestasis was induced in wildtype and liver-specific p38α knockout mice by…
Relationship between transforming growth factor beta1 and progression of hypertensive renal disease.
2002
In this study the role of circulating transforming growth factor beta1 (TGFbeta1) on progression of renal hypertensive disease has been investigated. Fifty consecutive outpatients with essential hypertension were enrolled and divided into three groups, according to their urinary albumin excretion (UAE). Group A comprised 10 hypertensives with UAEor=20 mg/24 h (normoalbuminuric group); Group B included 21 hypertensives with UAE20300 mg/24 h (microalbuminuric group); Group C encompassed 19 hypertensives with UAEor= 300 mg/24 h (proteinuric group). In all patients UAE by immunonephelometric assay, circulating TGFbeta1 by a solid phase specific sandwich ELISA technique, BUN and creatinine by ro…
Effects of cerivastatin on adrenergic pathways, hypertrophic growth and TGFbeta expression in adult ventricular cardiomyocytes.
2010
Abstract The effects of statin treatment in the setting of heart failure have already been shown. Nevertheless, there is little knowledge about its influence on adrenergic pathways in cardiomyocytes. Therefore, this study investigated the impact of cerivastatin on adrenoceptor-mediated signalling pathways in isolated adult ventricular cardiomyocytes. It focused on two endpoints: hypertrophic growth and TGFbeta expression. Cultured cardiomyocytes were used to study rac activation (analysed by its translocation into the membrane fraction), ROS formation (H 2 DCF fluorescence) and hypertrophic growth ( 14 C-phenylalanine incorporation). Alpha- and beta-adrenoceptor stimulation showed significa…
Administration of transforming growth factor-α reduces infarct volume after transient focal cerebral ischemia in the rat
2001
Growth factors promote cell growth and survival and protect the brain from developing injury after ischemia. In this article, the authors examined whether transforming growth factor-α (TGF-α was protective in transient focal ischemia and whether alteration of cerebral circulation was involved. Rats received intraventricular TGF-α (50 ng, either split into 2 doses given 30 minutes before and 30 minutes after middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO), or 1 dose given 30 minutes after MCAO) or vehicle. Rats were subjected to 1-hour intraluminal MCAO and cerebral blood flow was recorded continuously by laser-Doppler flowmetry. Infarct volume was measured 1 and 4 days later. The effects of TGF-α o…
Post-weaning xenohormone intake affects adult rat submandibular gland in a sex-dependent manner
2018
International audience; OBJECTIVES: We previously reported that maternal exposure to genistein, vinclozolin, ingested alone or in combination, affects submandibular salivary glands of rats' offspring's. Here, we investigated the responsiveness of submandibular gland when such xenohormone exposure occurs later in life. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Chemicals were given orally to male and female Wistar rats (1mg/kg body weight per day), from weaning to adulthood. Submandibular glands and plasma were collected at postnatal day 100 for histological and molecular analysis. RESULTS: Whereas no effect was observed in females, increases in granular convoluted tubules area coupled with a modification of sa…
Postexercise myostatin and activin IIb mRNA levels: effects of strength training.
2007
ABSTRACTHULMI, J. J., J. P. AHTIAINEN, T. KAASALAINEN, E. PO¨LLA¨NEN, K. HA¨KKINEN, M. ALEN, H. SELA¨NNE, V. KOVANEN,and A. A. MERO. Postexercise Myostatin and Activin IIb mRNA Levels: Effects of Strength Training. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc., Vol.39, No. 2, pp. 289–297, 2007. Purpose: Muscle hypertrophy is likely to result from the cumulative effects of repeated bouts ofresistance exercise (RE) on postexercise molecular responses. Therefore, we determined muscle growth- and regeneration-relatedmRNA expression in response to a single RE bout both before and after a strength-training (ST) period. By means of this novellongitudinal setting, we examined whether postexercise gene expression at the …
Steroid-growth factor interaction in human prostate cancer. 1. Short-term effects of transforming growth factors on growth of human prostate cancer c…
1994
In order to better define potential mechanisms of growth regulation in human prostate cancer cells, we have compared biological responses (such as short-term response to both transforming growth factor alpha and beta; TFG alpha and TFG beta) in relation to hormone sensitivity of LNCaP, DU145, and PC3 cells. Androgen receptor (AR) and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGF-R) content of each cell line was also investigated. In addition, expression of EGF, TGF alpha, and TGF beta was evaluated through immunofluorescent staining. Growth of androgen non-responsive PC3 cells was stimulated by TGF alpha (about 35%) and inhibited by TGF beta (more than 50%), with respect to controls, after 48 h exp…
Microvascular effects of the inhibition of dipeptidylpeptidase IV by linagliptin in nondiabetic hypertensive patients
2015
Recent studies suggest vascular benefits of dipeptidylpeptidase IV (DPP-IV) inhibition in patients with diabetes mellitus. Only little is known about potential vascular effects of DPP-IV inhibitors in nondiabetic individuals. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of DPP-IV inhibition in a nondiabetic hypertensive population.This was a double-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled, mechanistic study, comparing microvascular effects of the DPP-IV inhibitor linagliptin with placebo in nondiabetic individuals with a history of arterial hypertension. Twenty-one patients received 5 mg linagliptin (5 women; age 67.6 ± 6.0 years; mean ± SD), whereas 22 patients were randomized to pla…