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The effect of neurotensin on submaximally-stimulated hepatobiliary and pancreatic secretion was studied in 6 healthy subjects. An intravenous infusion of neurotensin 1.4 ± 0.3 pmol/kg/min, designed to reproduce plasma neurotensin immunoreactivity levels within the physiological range, produced a significant increase in pancreatic bicarbonate output. Plasma concentrations of pancreatic polypeptide rose by 83 ± 16 pmol/l and were associated with a small reduction in trypsin, but no significant change in bilirubin outputs. 相似文献
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Farook Thameem V Saroja Voruganti John Blangero Anthony G Comuzzie Hanna E Abboud 《Journal of biomedical science》2015,22(1)
Background
The estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) is a well-known measure of kidney function and is commonly used for the diagnosis and management of patients with chronic kidney disease. The inter-individual variation in eGFR has significant genetic component. However, the identification of underlying genetic susceptibility variants has been challenging. In an attempt to identify and characterize susceptibility genetic variant(s) we previously identified the strongest evidence for linkage of eGFR occurring on chromosome 9q21 in the Mexican American participants of San Antonio Family Heart Study (SAFHS). The objective of the present study was to examine whether the common genetic variants in Neurotrophic Tyrosine Receptor Kinase 2 (NTRK2), a positional candidate gene on 9q21, contribute to variation in eGFR.Results
Twelve tagging single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) across the NTRK2 gene region were selected (r2 ≥ 0.80, minor allele frequency of ≥ 0.05) from the Hapmap database. SNPs were genotyped by TaqMan assay in the 848 Mexican American subjects participated in the SAFHS. Association analysis between the genotypes and eGFR (estimated by the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease equation) were performed by measured genotype approach as implemented in the program SOLAR. Of the 12 common genetic variants examined, the rs1036915 (located in 3′UTR) and rs1187274 (located in intron-14), present in perfect linkage disequilibrium, exhibited an association (P = 0.017) with eGFR after accounting for the effects of age, sex, diabetes, diabetes duration, systolic blood pressure and blood pressure medication. The carriers of minor allele of rs1036915 (G; 38%) had increased eGFR (104 ± 25 ml/min/1.73 m2) in comparison to the carriers of major allele A (98 ± 25 ml/min/1.73 m2).Conclusion
Together, our results suggest for the first time that the genetic variants in NTRK2 may regulate eGFR. 相似文献3.
Andrade MC Higgins PB Mattern VL De La Garza MA Brasky KM Voruganti VS Comuzzie AG 《Comparative medicine》2011,61(5):457-461
Obesity is a risk factor for several diseases including type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The aim of this study was to compare the relationships of waist circumference and body weight with circulating markers of metabolic, cardiovascular, and hepatic function in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). After a 12-h fast, blood was collected from 39 adult captive chimpanzees for measurement of serum glucose, BUN, creatinine, albumin, cholesterol, ALT, AST, ALP, total and direct bilirubin, triglyceride, and insulin, and waist circumference and body weight were measured. Waist circumference was positively correlated with systolic and diastolic blood pressure, glucose, insulin resistance as estimated by the homeostatic model assessment method, and albumin in female chimpanzees and with triglyceride in female and male chimpanzees. Body weight was correlated significantly with systolic and diastolic blood pressure in female chimpanzees and triglyceride in male chimpanzees. Male chimpanzees were heavier and had lower diastolic blood pressure, greater creatinine, albumin, AST, ALP, total bilirubin, and direct bilirubin values than did female chimpanzees. The relationships between waist circumference and blood pressure and triglyceride are consistent with those reported in humans and other primate species. In conclusion, our study is the first work to demonstrate a relationship between waist circumference and metabolic risk factors in chimpanzees. Results demonstrated that waist circumference was associated with more metabolic risk factors than was body weight, particularly in female chimpanzees. 相似文献
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Tanushree Bose Juan Carlos Lopez Alvarenga M. Elizabeth Tejero V. Saroja Voruganti J. Michael Proffitt Jeanne H. Freeland-Graves Shelley A. Cole & Anthony G. Comuzzie 《Journal of medical primatology》2009,38(6):418-424
Background Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) is an inflammatory chemokine known to induce adipocyte dedifferentiation and insulin resistance. Inflammation, insulin resistance, and obesity have been implicated in the pathogenesis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).
Methods Fasting plasma from 43 baboons were assayed for MCP-1, insulin, glucose, alanine aminotransferase (ALT), and aspartate aminotransferase (AST). Adipocyte number and volume were measured via biopsies of omental adipose tissue. The homeostatic model assessment method (HOMA) was used to estimate systemic insulin resistance.
Results Sex and age adjusted correlations were significant for MCP-1 with adipocyte number (r = −0.42; P = 0.01), adipocyte volume (r = 0.38; P = 0.02), HOMA (r = 0.45; P = 0.004), ALT (r = 0.46; P = 0.03) and AST (r = 0.45; P = 0.03).
Conclusions These results suggest that MCP-1 is related with adipocyte dedifferentiation and systemic insulin resistance, thereby potentially contributing to the development of NAFLD. 相似文献
Methods Fasting plasma from 43 baboons were assayed for MCP-1, insulin, glucose, alanine aminotransferase (ALT), and aspartate aminotransferase (AST). Adipocyte number and volume were measured via biopsies of omental adipose tissue. The homeostatic model assessment method (HOMA) was used to estimate systemic insulin resistance.
Results Sex and age adjusted correlations were significant for MCP-1 with adipocyte number (r = −0.42; P = 0.01), adipocyte volume (r = 0.38; P = 0.02), HOMA (r = 0.45; P = 0.004), ALT (r = 0.46; P = 0.03) and AST (r = 0.45; P = 0.03).
Conclusions These results suggest that MCP-1 is related with adipocyte dedifferentiation and systemic insulin resistance, thereby potentially contributing to the development of NAFLD. 相似文献
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A Puri R Sethi B Singh SK Dwivedi VS Narain RK Saran VK Puri 《Indian pacing and electrophysiology journal》2009,9(3):186-189
A 25-year-old previously asymptomatic pregnant woman at 36 weeks'' gestation was noticed to have repetitive monomorphic ventricular tachycardia. A dilated left ventricle with moderately reduced systolic function was found on echocardiographic examination. This is a very rare presentation of peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCMP) presenting with repetitive monomorphic ventricular tachycardia. 相似文献
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Diet‐induced early‐stage atherosclerosis in baboons: Lipoproteins,atherogenesis, and arterial compliance 下载免费PDF全文
Michael C. Mahaney Genesio M. Karere David L. Rainwater Venkata S. Voruganti Edward J. Dick Jr Michael A. Owston Karen S. Rice Laura A. Cox Anthony G. Comuzzie John L. VandeBerg 《Journal of medical primatology》2018,47(1):3-17
Background
The purpose of this study was to determine whether dietary manipulation can reliably induce early‐stage atherosclerosis and clinically relevant changes in vascular function in an established, well‐characterized non‐human primate model.Methods
We fed 112 baboons a high‐cholesterol, high‐fat challenge diet for two years. We assayed circulating biomarkers of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, at 0, 7, and 104 weeks into the challenge; assessed arterial compliance noninvasively at 104 weeks; and measured atherosclerotic lesions in three major arteries at necropsy.Results
We observed evidence of atherosclerosis in all but one baboon fed the two‐year challenge diet. CVD risk biomarkers, the prevalence, size, and complexity of arterial lesions, plus consequent arterial stiffness, were increased in comparison with dietary control animals.Conclusions
Feeding baboons a high‐cholesterol, high‐fat diet for two years reliably induces atherosclerosis, with risk factor profiles, arterial lesions, and changes in vascular function also seen in humans. 相似文献7.
A recently silenced, duplicate PgiC locus in Clarkia 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Previous electrophoretic analysis showed that 17 diploid species of the
wildflower Clarkia (Onagraceae) have two cytosolic isozymes of
phosphoglucose isomerase (PGIC; EC 5.3.1.9), whereas 15 other diploid
species have a single PGIC. Molecular studies revealed that the two
isozymes in the former species are encoded by duplicate genes, PgiC1 and
PgiC2, whereas the single isozyme in the latter is always encoded by PgiC1.
Phylogenetic analysis of the nucleotide sequences implied that PgiC2 was
silenced four times independently in the genus. Here we describe a psi
PgiC2 from C. mildrediae, a species in which only PgiC1 is expressed. The
discovery of the psi PgiC2 is significant because it confirms a formal
prediction of the phylogenetic analysis. The psi PgiC2 includes 5,039
nucleotides corresponding to 18 of the 23 exons of PgiC, as well as the
intervening introns and 3' nontranslated region. The absence of an increase
of nucleotide substitutions in its "exons" suggests that the gene was
silenced recently. The present study appears to be the first to establish
that a specific duplicate gene locus regularly expressed in a group of
related plant species has been silenced in one of them. The multiple
independent silencings of PgiC2 suggest that it remained functional but
inessential in ancestral lineages. We discuss the possibility that PgiC2
may have been preserved in these lineages by selection against mutants
causing defective PGIC1- PGIC2 heterodimers.
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Genetic influence on variation in serum uric acid in American Indians: the strong heart family study
V. Saroja Voruganti Harald H. H. Göring Amy Mottl Nora Franceschini Karin Haack Sandra Laston Laura Almasy Richard R. Fabsitz Elisa T. Lee Lyle G. Best Richard B. Devereux Barbara V. Howard Jean W. MacCluer Anthony G. Comuzzie Jason G. Umans Shelley A. Cole 《Human genetics》2009,126(5):667-676
Hyperuricemia is associated with the metabolic syndrome, gout, renal and cardiovascular disease (CVD). American Indians have high rates of CVD and 25% of individuals in the strong heart family study (SHFS) have high serum uric acid levels. The aim of this study was to investigate the genetic determinants of serum uric acid variation in American Indian participants of the SHFS. A variance component decomposition approach (implemented in SOLAR) was used to conduct univariate genetic analyses in each of three study centers and the combined sample. Serum uric acid was adjusted for age, sex, age × sex, BMI, estimated glomerular filtration rate, alcohol intake, diabetic status and medications. Overall mean ± SD serum uric acid for all individuals was 5.14 ± 1.5 mg/dl. Serum uric acid was found to be significantly heritable (0.46 ± 0.03 in all centers, and 0.39 ± 0.07, 0.51 ± 0.05, 0.44 ± 0.06 in Arizona, Dakotas and Oklahoma, respectively). Multipoint linkage analysis showed significant evidence of linkage for serum uric acid on chromosome 11 in the Dakotas center [logarithm of odds score (LOD) = 3.02] and in the combined sample (LOD = 3.56) and on chromosome 1 (LOD = 3.51) in the combined sample. A strong positional candidate gene in the chromosome 11 region is solute carrier family22, member 12 (SLC22A12) that encodes a major uric acid transporter URAT1. These results show a significant genetic influence and a possible role for one or more genes on chromosomes 1 and 11 on the variation in serum uric acid in American Indian populations. 相似文献
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Aulus EAD Barbosa Érika VS Albuquerque Maria CM Silva Djair SL Souza Osmundo B Oliveira-Neto Arnubio Valencia Thales L Rocha Maria F Grossi-de-Sa 《BMC biotechnology》2010,10(1):44