Obesity and related disorders have increased concurrently with an increased consumption of saturated fatty acids. We examined whether post-weaning high fat (HF) diet would exacerbate offspring vulnerability to maternal HF-induced programmed hypertension and kidney disease sex-specifically, with a focus on the kidney. Next, we aimed to elucidate the gene-diet interactions that contribute to mate...

an azobenzene bridge was introduced into the lower (or smaller) rim of p-tert-butylcalix[8]arene to form 1,5-singly bridged calix[8]arene derivatives, respectively. bridged calix[8]arene of conformationally rigid wereisolated. the stability of the two structures of bridged calix[8]arenes have been compared.the study of organicstructure to form nanoporous structures is a well known in chemistry ...

the thermodynamic functions such as enthalpy (h), gibbs free energy (g) and entropy (s) of serineand threonine amino acids were theoretically studied at different condition (solvents andtemperatures) by using gussian o3, software. first, the structural optimization of isolated serine andthreonine were done in the gas phase by using the hartree-fock (hf) level of theory with 3-21g, 6-31g and 6-3...

AIMS There are limited data on whether clinical presentation at first heart failure (HF) hospitalization predicts recurrent HF events. We aimed to assess predictors of recurrent HF hospitalizations in mild HF patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator or cardiac resynchronization therapy with defibrillator. METHODS AND RESULTS Data on HF hospitalizations were prospectively collec...

BACKGROUND The characteristics and outcomes of patients discharged from hospitals with a diagnosis of heart failure (HF) have been described by a number of previous epidemiological studies. However, very little information is available on this issue in general practice in Japan. METHODS AND RESULTS The Japanese Cardiac Registry of Heart Failure in General Practice (JCARE-GENERAL) is designed ...

The difference in sympathovagal activity preceding non-sustained ventricular tachycardia (NSVT) was examined between patients with and without a circadian rhythm. Thirty-three patients' Holter monitoring data (41 NSVT episodes) were analyzed regarding the frequency domain measures (low-frequency component [LF: 0.04-0.15 Hz], high-frequency component [HF: 0.15-0.4 Hz], and the ratio of LF to HF ...

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, and its complications are prominent public health issues. Many experimental models of streptozotocin (STZ)-induced and high-fat diet (HF)-induced DM have been used to study this disease. Studies have indicated that unilateral nephrectomy (UN) accelerates the development of diabetic nephropathy. We hypothesized that UN...