Increased melanocortin activity may contribute to the reduced intake of high protein diets

Decreased serum level of lipoxin A4 (LXA4) may contribute to the pathogenesis of allergic rhinitis

Background: Rhinitis is a prevalent chronic inflammatory disease of the nasal mucosa. Arachidonic acid-derived lipoxin A4 (LXA4) has long been recognized to exert crucial anti-inflammatory and pro-resolving effects on inflammatory responses through a specific receptor named formyl peptide receptor-2 (FPR2). This study aimed to determine the serum level of LXA4 as well as the relative mRNA expre...

increased waist‑to‑height ratio may contribute to age‑related increase in cardiovascular risk factors

background: the risk of cardiovascular diseases (cvds) increases with age. the objective was to determine whether lifestyle and dietary behaviors and anthropometric measures, which are affected by these behaviors, contribute to the increase of cvd risk factors across age categories of 20–50‑year‑old. methods: in a cross‑sectional design, 437 adults aged 20–50‑year‑old were selected from househo...

The case for increased animal production in iran to improve human diets and increased rural emoloyment

consequence analysis of the leakage, ignition and explosion during high pressure sour gas injection process to the oil reservoir

there is no doubt that human being needs to become integrated with industry and industry needs to be progressed, daily. on the other hand, serious events in industrial units specially in oil industries has been shown that such damages and events are industry related ones. the consequence of such events and damages which resulted in chemical and poisoned explosions and loss of life and property ...

The influence on serum protein concentration of the protein intake in high-carbohydrate diets.

I. Healthy young men ate diets high in carbohydrate with a fixed protein content: (a) 18 % protein with maize starch, (b ) 18% protein with sucrose, (c) 9% protein with sucrose. Sucrose or starch was given at a level of 7 g/kg body-weight per day. 2. The serum albumin concentration fell by 7-10% after 16 days with all three diets; the falls were statistically significant. No change in y-globuli...