PURPOSE Vitamin D deficiency has been implicated in susceptibility to the development of metabolic syndrome, obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus. The present study aimed to quantify the association between vitamin D plasma level, the number of metabolic syndrome components and insulin resistance in Canadians. METHODS Vitamin D plasma level and clinical data were determined from 1,818 subject...

Introduction: Obesity and visceral fat accumulation after menopause are associated with insulin resistance and cardiovascular diseases. We investigated the interactive effect of aerobic-resistance training and estrogen replacement therapy on visceral fat, omentin-1 and HOMA-IR in ovariectomized rats. Materials and Methods: Fifty female Wistar rats were ovariectomized (OVX) and divided into 5 gr...

BACKGROUND The aim of this community-based study was to explore the summer-winter difference in insulin resistance in Kin-Chen, Kinmen. METHODS A total of 2,412 residents aged 40 and over was enrolled in a mass survey in Kin-Chen, Kinmen, by the Yang-Ming Crusade, a volunteer organization of well-trained medical students from National Yang-Ming University. All participants were investigated i...

Antibiotic resistance is often associated with metabolic costs. To investigate the metabolic consequences of antibiotic resistance, the genomic and transcriptomic profiles of an amoxicillin-resistant Escherichia coli strain and the wild type it was derived from were compared. A total of 125 amino acid substitutions and 7 mutations that were located <1,000 bp upstream of differentially expressed...

Insulin resistance syndrome, also referred to as the metabolic syndrome or syndrome X, refers to a constellation of common metabolic and cardiovascular disorders (e.g. obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and dyslipidemia), which are all cardiovascular risk factors. Insulin resistance can be induced by fructose-rich diet in rats. We investigated the effect of vanadyl sulfate (0.2 mg...

AIMS/INTRODUCTION Ezetimibe lowers serum lipid levels by inhibiting intestinal absorption of dietary and biliary cholesterol. However, the effect of ezetimibe on insulin resistance remains unclear. The aim of the present study was to examine this issue in patients with metabolic syndrome in local-dwelling Japanese, who were not being treated with lipid-lowering drugs. MATERIALS AND METHODS In...

The capacity of mosquitoes to resist insecticides threatens the control of diseases such as dengue and malaria. Until alternative control tools are implemented, characterizing resistance mechanisms is crucial for managing resistance in natural populations. Insecticide biodegradation by detoxification enzymes is a common resistance mechanism; however, the genomic changes underlying this mechanis...

Myeloid cells, particularly macrophages, mediate metabolic inflammation, thus promoting insulin resistance and metabolic disease progression in obesity. Numerous cytokines, toxic metabolites, damage-associated molecular patterns, and pathogen-associated molecular patterns are involved in activating macrophages via their cognate receptors in obesity. TRAF3 (TNF receptor-associated factor 3) is a...

BACKGROUND Obesity remains a major public health problem, associated with a cluster of metabolic abnormalities. However, individuals exist who are very obese but have normal metabolic parameters. The aim of this study was to determine to what extent differences in metabolic health in very obese women are explained by differences in body fat distribution, insulin resistance and level of physical...