Sentences with phrase «other lipid»

Although cholesterol scares are over inflated, it is nevertheless important to pay attention to other lipid panel markers, such as the ratio of HDL to LDL, triglyceride levels, and small, dense LDL.

PROSTAGLANDINS & OTHER LIPID MEDIATORS, 2012.

But we need to get other lipid molecules, not just fatty acids, from food.

My other lipid numbers are good (I think): LDL 118, triglycerides 37.

We found a statistically significant, substantial association between change in low density lipoprotein cholesterol and risk ratios for coronary heart disease events, coronary heart disease deaths, or total deaths, adjusted for other lipid subfractions and drug class.»

«Results: The results of this study showed that levels of HDL - cholesterol were significantly decreased (p < 0.001), whereas those of other lipid parameters and Lp (a) levels were found to be significantly increased (p < 0.001) in hypothyroid patients as compared to those in controls.

We found that a prototypical autoreactive TCR bound CD1a when it was presenting a series of permissive endogenous ligands, while other lipid ligands were nonpermissive to TCR binding.

FFAT motifs are present in several other lipid transfer proteins leading Tim to propose that FFAT - motif proteins would act at contact sites by binding simultaneously to both the ER and another membrane.

Scientists have discovered a previously unrecognized gene variation that makes humans have healthier blood lipid levels and reduced risk of heart attacks — a finding that opens the door to using this knowledge in testing or treatment of high cholesterol and other lipid disorders.

Leading clinical investigations seeking to address cardiovascular risk reduction beyond lowering LDL - C focus on interrupting the atherosclerotic process (e.g., plaque formation and instability) by beneficially affecting other lipid, lipoprotein and inflammation biomarkers and cellular functions thought to be related to atherosclerosis and cardiovascular events.

However, the levels of other lipids, especially DHA, do vary.

Probes mimicking other lipids also revealed large sets of protein interactions.

But other lipids are known to guide cell migrations in human brain development, and geneticist Ken Howard of University College London suspects HMG - CoA reductase might help produce a similar lipid molecule or modify a protein that attracts the germ cells.

Initial tests with panels of different enzyme inhibitors showed that AIG1 and ADTRP are moderately inhibited by inhibitors of lipases — enzymes that break down fats and other lipids.

Using standard enzyme - linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) and peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) assays, researchers discovered that unlike previously described human antibodies to lipids, WR321 did not react with any of 17 other lipids it was tested against, including cholesterol, glycolipids, and other phospholipids such as cardiolipin and phosphatidylserine, but it bound specifically only to two phosphoinositides.

Investigators compared WR321, a non-human monoclonal IgG antibody that binds to phosphoinositide lipids, developed by Dr. Gary Matyas at MHRP, with a human monoclonal IgG antibody that in recent studies was found to have lipid - binding characteristics, including binding to phosphoinositides, but also bound to numerous other lipids.

Other lipids had less or no inhibitory activity.»

They dissolve other lipids — like excess sebum (which causes acne)-- helping to break up and clear congestion.

Today, patients can conveniently test at home to see if their cholesterol and other lipids are in the normal range.

Not exact matches

«The Theranos fingerprick collection system yields higher sample rejection rates, and their testing services return results that mostly agree with other services with the exception of lipid panels,» write the authors.

you can believe in a mystical being who created all the matter and life in the universe, yet refuses to display definitive proof of its existence to us, or you can believe that the proper amount of protein, electrolytes, sugars, and RNA came together in a lipid layer (or some other semi permeable membrane) at just the right time to create a cell that could reproduce itself and begin life.

Now I'm no scientist, but it seems to me that they are saying that the sensitivity to capsaicin is determined by genetics — some people's lipid molecules have a stronger bond with the capsaicin receptors than others.

But, as we age levels of lipids naturally decline in the skin as do anti-oxidants and other natural moisturising factors.

This new study and many other previous studies clearly contradict the propaganda espoused by Big Pharma and the U.S. Government dietary advice, which has been waging a war against saturated fats since the 1970s and the McGovern Report that promoted the false hypothesis that saturated fats led to an increase in lipid cholesterol levels and an increased risk for heart disease.

It has been suggested that cholesterol consumption in human milk may promote the delivery of adequate substrate for brain lipids (26), but other work suggests that the rat brain synthesizes its cholesterol de novo (27).

The other drugs are antibiotics to control rosacea, a common skin problem, and a statin for elevated blood cholesterol and lipids

The rest of the complex goody bag of proteins, carbohydrates, lipids and other compounds play all sorts of other important roles in reproduction — not the least of which is a way for the males to prevent the female from mating again for about three to four days, says Morehouse.

Studying how our bodies metabolize lipids such as fatty acids, triglycerides, and cholesterol can teach us about cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and other health problems, as well as reveal basic cellular functions.

Stahelin and co-investigator Smita Soni, a postdoctoral researcher at the Indiana University School of Medicine, found that VP40 is able to assemble in vitro (i.e., in a test tube), without any human cells present and mediate formation of virus - like particles when the human lipid phosphatidylserine is found in solution with VP40, but not other control lipids.

«While MR studies have been successful in solving the causal relevance of major lipids in coronary heart disease (LDL - C and TG, yes, and HDL - C, no), it seems that other approaches are required to further evaluate the causal relevance of each of these lipid fractions in association with T2D.

The cell into which the synthetic genome was then transplanted contained its own proteins, lipids and other molecules.

The virus needs this one lipid to form the new particle and infect other cells,» Stahelin said.

«These studies set the stage for newer approaches to lower the levels of these lipids in patients with Gaucher disease and others with precursors for myeloma.

A new strategy — an injectable antibody — for lowering blood lipids and thereby potentially preventing coronary artery disease and other conditions caused by the build - up of fats, cholesterol, and other substances on the artery walls, is supported by findings from two new studies from researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

Due to this metabolic dysfunction, the breakdown also of other substances such as lipids and proteins gradually comes to a standstill.

It is likely that molecules other than cholesterol — the lipid and protein molecules on the surface of the HDL particle — are responsible for the protective effects of HDL particles against heart disease.

Eating strawberries also improved other parameters such as the general plasma lipid profile, antioxidant biomarkers (such as vitamin C or oxygen radical absorbance capacity), antihemolytic defences and platelet function.

The other piece was insoluble, so the researchers had to use a solution of micelles — dispersed lipid or detergent - like aggregates in a solution — to let the insoluble piece form its structure within a membrane - like environment.

Changes to the properties of the lipid bilayer component of the cell membrane can alter the function of proteins embedded in the membrane — proteins that regulate critical functions such as transport of materials in and out of the cell and communication with other cells.

The researchers took blood samples at the start of the study and the end of each intervention to test lipid, cholesterol, and glucose levels as well as other cardiovascular measures.

Risk of heart disease and diabetes may be lowered by a diet higher in a lipid found in grapeseed and other oils, but not in olive oil, a new study suggests.

Biology at the subcellular level can be likened to a dance: Proteins, lipids, sugars and other molecules follow specific steps to sustain the energy needs, respiration and reproduction of life.

On the other hand, NPD1 = PD1 can relieve neuropathic pain at very low doses and, more importantly, mice receiving the treatment did not show signs of physical dependence or enhanced tolerance toward the lipid compound.

But getting the good lipids into other livestock is more difficult.

Other approaches, including sophisticated structural modeling of anesthetic binding to protein targets in a lipid environment and detailed structural determinations of anesthetic binding to soluble proteins, are also showing promise in further revealing the how of anesthetic action at the molecular level.

«We know of no other animal that exploits lipids through a bacterial intermediate,» says Vrijenhoek.

The work also goes beyond lipids, Dunbar said, and it is foreseeable that others working in the dermatological sciences may benefit from the use of these tools.

«The fats or lipids appear to facilitate the conversion of other materials in the wastewater such as toilet paper, keep the sludge moving through the reactor, and produce a very high quality biocrude that, when refined, yields fuels such as gasoline, diesel and jet fuels.»

Lipid molecules made from unsaturated fatty acids on the other hand bear a kink in their chains, Min said, which makes it impossible for these lipid molecules to align closely with each other as saturated oneLipid molecules made from unsaturated fatty acids on the other hand bear a kink in their chains, Min said, which makes it impossible for these lipid molecules to align closely with each other as saturated onelipid molecules to align closely with each other as saturated ones do.

Montani suspects that the breakdown of neurons could be caused by reduced synthesis of lipids in the myelinating cells of the nervous system, among other factors.