Phosphatidylglucose alleviates atherosclerosis by increasing cholesterol alienation to bile acids and cholesterol efflux in ApoE mice.

Background: Phosphatidylcholine (PC) is considered to be the major dietary source for choline, which is associated with atherosclerosis progress. Thus, phosphatidylglucose (PG) was prepared by enzymatic modification of PC to investigate the effects on atherosclerosis in apolipoprotein E deficient (ApoE ) mice, as well as to investigate its dose-response relationship.

Results: The results showed that dietary PG significantly decreased the atherosclerotic lesion area in a dose-dependent manner.

Taurine Alleviates Trimethylamine -Oxide-Induced Atherosclerosis by Regulating Bile Acid Metabolism in ApoE Mice.

Trimethylamine -oxide (TMAO) widely exists in seafood and is associated with the atherosclerosis progress, but dietary seafood reduced the cardiovascular risk. This intimates that there may be some ingredients in seafood to offset the cardiovascular risk caused by TMAO. Taurine is a marker ingredient in seafood.

[Source Apportionment and Spatial Distribution Simulation of Heavy Metals in a Typical Petrochemical Industrial City].

Identifying the quantitative source and hazardous areas of heavy metals in soils plays a pivotal role in soil pollution research, and can provide a basis for regional soil risk monitoring and environmental management. For this purpose, a total of 175 samples were collected in topsoils from Linzi, a typical petrochemical industrial city in Shandong Province. Positive matrix factorization (PMF) and factor analysis with non-negative constraints (FA-NNC) receptor models were applied to analyze the sources of the heavy metals.

Effects of dietary choline, betaine, and L-carnitine on the generation of trimethylamine-N-oxide in healthy mice.

Trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) is considered to have negative effect on human health. Different precursors of TMAO, such as choline, betaine, and L-carnitine, are commonly found in daily foods. The aim of the present study was to compare the ability of different precursors to be metabolized into TMAO, as well as the possible effect of chronic administration with TMAO precursors on TMAO production.

Isolation of both Pseudozyma aphidis and Nocardia otitidiscaviarum from a mycetoma on the leg.

We describe a case of mycetoma which typified the classic presentation of the disease: a male farmer with affection of the lower limbs and a history of trauma. The patient presented with a swollen right lower limb showing multiple discharging sinuses for 25 years. Histopathologically, grains were found by HE stain, and clustered yeast-like cells were observed by PAS stain.