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Esteroles vegetales en bebidas lácteas: efecto sobre el perfil lipídico y estimación de su biodisponibilidad
2012
Sse plantea si el consumo regular de EV durante un periodo de tiempo prolongado produce una reducción efectiva de los niveles séricos de colesterol, así como si la dieta habitual influye sobre la eficacia de los EV y sobre su absorción, y la influencia de factores genéticos en dicha eficacia. Finalmente, conocido el efecto competitivo de los EV en la absorción de los carotenoides, interesa averiguar si una dosis terapéutica de EV influye sobre parámetros de estrés oxidativo.
Study of the systemic inflammation associated to primary hypercholesterolemia, its modulation and its impact in atherosclerosis. Role of CXCL16/CXCR6…
2019
La hipercolesterolemia primaria (HP) es un desorden metabólico caracterizado por unos elevados niveles circulantes de lipoproteínas de baja densidad (LDL), así como por una inflamación sistémica de bajo grado, que puede finalmente dar lugar al desarrollo de aterosclerosis. Debido a la escasa información que se tiene de la enfermedad a nivel inmunológico, hemos caracterizado el comportamiento de diferentes mediadores solubles y celulares de la inflamación y sus posibles consecuencias. Para ello se ha empleado sangre completa de 22 pacientes con HP y 21 controles de semejante edad. En todos ellos se ha analizado la sangre por citometría de flujo para determinar la activación leucocitaria y pl…
CORRELAZIONE TRA GLI ACIDI GRASSI PLASMATICI E LIVELLI DI HDL-COLESTEROLO IN UNA POPOLAZIONE SICILIANA. EFFETTI DEGLI ACIDI GRASSI SULLA CAPTAZIONE D…
Statins and the squalene synthase inhibitor zaragozic acid stimulate the non-amyloidogenic pathway of amyloid-beta protein precursor processing by su…
2010
Cholesterol-lowering drugs such as statins influence the proteolytic processing of the amyloid-beta protein precursor (AbetaPP) and are reported to stimulate the activity of alpha-secretase, the major preventive secretase of Alzheimer's disease. Statins can increase the alpha-secretase activity by their cholesterol-lowering properties as well as by impairment of isoprenoids synthesis. In the present study, we elucidate the contribution of these pathways in alpha-secretase activation. We demonstrate that zaragozic acid, a potent inhibitor of squalene synthase which blocks cholesterol synthesis but allows synthesis of isoprenoids, also stimulates alpha-secretase activity. Treatment of human n…
Down-regulation of Endogenous Amyloid Precursor Protein Processing due to Cellular Aging
2005
Processing of amyloid precursor protein (APP) is a well acknowledged central pathogenic mechanism in Alzheimer disease. However, influences of age-associated cellular alterations on the biochemistry of APP processing have not been studied in molecular detail so far. Here, we report that processing of endogenous APP is down-regulated during the aging of normal human fibroblasts (IMR-90). The generation of intracellular APP cleavage products C99, C83, and AICD gradually declines with increasing life span and is accompanied by a reduced secretion of soluble APP (sAPP) and sAPPalpha. Further, the maturation of APP was reduced in senescent cells, which has been shown to be directly mediated by a…
Metabolic signatures across the full spectrum of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
2022
Funder: European Commission
Clinical evaluation of bempedoic acid for the treatment of hyperlipidaemia.
2021
Bempedoic acid (BA) is a novel first-in-class oral lipid-lowering therapy. BA has been approved by the European Medicinal Agency and Food and Drug Administration and has been commercialised throughout Europe since the end of 2020 as an add-on therapy in patients at high/very-high cardiovascular risk that are not at LDL-C goals with current lipid-lowering treatments. Recently, Italian lipid management experts gathered to discuss several open questions on BA characteristics and BArelated practical clinical issues. The panel permitted collection of its opinions in a ten Q&A format. Aim: The aim of this viewpoint is to discuss and answer several open questions on BA characteristics and BA-r…
Binding mode analysis of ABCA7 for the prediction of novel Alzheimer's disease therapeutics
2021
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HETEROGENITY OF AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA IN SICILY
2004
Effect of simulated gastrointestinal digestion on plant sterols and their oxides in enriched beverages
2013
Abstract This study evaluates the bioaccessibility (percentage of soluble compound available for absorption) of plant sterols (PS) and their oxides (phytosterol oxidation products, POPs) after simulated gastrointestinal digestion in fruit (Fb), milk (M) and fruit-based milk beverages with (FbM a ) or without (FbM b ) tangerine juice. In beverages and their bioaccessible fraction (BF), campesterol, campestanol, stigmasterol, β-sitosterol and sitostanol were detected. Bioaccessibility of total PS ranged between 2.62 and 6.48%, FbM b yielding the highest value, followed by FbM a > Fb > M. Campesterol/campestanol were the most bioaccessible PS. Only oxides of β-sitosterol were detected in beve…