Effect of macronutrient and micronutrient manipulation on avian blood glucose concentration: A systematic review

AJ Basile, KC Singh, DF Watson… - … and Physiology Part A …, 2022 - Elsevier
Animals with natural protections against diabetes complications may provide clues to
improve human health. Birds are unique in their ability to avoid hyperglycemia-associated …

Exploratory analysis of one versus two-day intermittent fasting protocols on the gut microbiome and plasma metabolome in adults with overweight/obesity

AE Mohr, P Jasbi, DA Bowes, B Dirks… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Nutritional interventions are a promising therapeutic option for addressing obesity and
cardiometabolic dysfunction. One such option, intermittent fasting (IF), has emerged as a …

Utilizing comparative models in biomedical research

AG Little, ME Pamenter, D Sitaraman… - … and Physiology Part B …, 2021 - Elsevier
This review serves as an introduction to a Special Issue of Comparative Biochemistry and
Physiology, focused on using non-human models to study biomedical physiology. The …

Past and future: Urbanization and the avian endocrine system

P Deviche, K Sweazea, F Angelier - General and Comparative …, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban environments are evolutionarily novel and differ from natural environments in many
respects including food and/or water availability, predation, noise, light, air quality …

Hairless canary seeds (Phalaris canariensis L.) as a potential source of antioxidant, antihypertensive, antidiabetic, and antiobesity biopeptides

UC Urbizo-Reyes, JE Aguilar-Toalá… - … , Processing and Nutrition, 2021 - Springer
Rising consumer concerns with synthetic drugs to treat non-communicable diseases (NCDs)
have promoted a shift towards using natural biological active constituents that offer similar …

Gut microbiome remodeling and metabolomic profile improves in response to protein pacing with intermittent fasting versus continuous caloric restriction

AE Mohr, KL Sweazea, DA Bowes, P Jasbi… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The gut microbiome (GM) modulates body weight/composition and gastrointestinal
functioning; therefore, approaches targeting resident gut microbes have attracted …

No fry zones: How restaurant distribution and abundance influence avian communities in the Phoenix, AZ metropolitan area

JA Brown, SB Lerman, AJ Basile, HL Bateman… - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Urbanization is one of the most widespread and extreme examples of habitat alteration. As
humans dominate landscapes, they introduce novel elements into environments, including …

A four-week high fat diet does not alter plasma glucose or metabolic physiology in wild-caught mourning doves (Zenaida macroura)

AJ Basile, AE Mohr, P Jasbi, H Gu, P Deviche… - … and Physiology Part A …, 2021 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to determine the metabolic effects of a four-week 60% high-fat (HF)
diet on mourning doves. Plasma glucose concentrations are, on average, 1.5–2 times higher …

A Four-Week Urban Diet Impairs Vasodilation but Not Nutritional Physiology in Wild-Caught Mourning Doves (Zenaida macroura)

AJ Basile, MW Renner, L Kayata… - Physiological and …, 2021 - journals.uchicago.edu
Birds living in urban areas routinely consume anthropogenic foods, but the physiological
consequences of this consumption are poorly understood. To address this question, we …

Assessment of avian health status: suitability and constraints of the Zoetis VetScan VS2 blood analyser for ecological and evolutionary studies

Y Xiong, M Tobler, A Hegemann… - Biology …, 2023 - journals.biologists.com
Biochemical analyses of blood can decipher physiological conditions of living animals and
unravel mechanistic underpinnings of life-history strategies and trade-offs. Yet, researchers …