Hypercholesterolemia is a strong determinant of mortality and morbidity associated with
cardiovascular diseases and a major contributor to the global disease burden. Mutations in …

The number of nutrigenetic studies dedicated to the identification of single nucleotide
polymorphisms (SNPs) modulating blood lipid profiles in response to dietary interventions …

Apolipoprotein is a group of plasma proteins that are associated with a variety of diseases,
such as hyperlipidemia, atherosclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, and diabetes. In order to …

Alzheimer's disease (AD), the predominant cause of late-life dementia, has a multifactorial
etiology. Since there are few therapeutic options for symptomatic AD, research is …

The kidneys are organs that require energy from the metabolism of fatty acids and glucose;
several studies have shown that the kidneys are metabolically active tissues with an …

The inverse association between plasma HDL cholesterol (HDL-C) levels and risk for
cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been demonstrated by numerous epidemiological …

Background: Liver hepatocellular carcinoma (LIHC) and cholangiocarcinoma (CHOL) are
common primary liver cancers worldwide. Liver stem cells have biopotential to differentiate …

To increase our understanding of factors contributing to therapeutic failure (TF) in
leishmaniasis, we have studied some plasma membrane features of host THP-1 cells …

Results This review summarizes associations of 6 binary phenotypes and 17 quantitative
traits with genetic markers in 26 genes. Of the 47 genetic markers, studied most were related …

Studying the urine proteome is one of the most promising diagnostic biomarkers for urinary
bladder cancer patients. The aim of the present study is to assess blood and urinary protein …