Search Results - "Pappu, A. S"
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Deletion of a single mevalonate kinase (Mvk) allele yields a murine model of hyper-IgD syndrome
Published in Journal of inherited metabolic disease (01-11-2007)“…In the current study our objective was to develop a murine model of human hyper-IgD syndrome (HIDS) and severe mevalonic aciduria (MA), autoinflammatory…”
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Effects of colesevelam HCl on sterol and bile acid excretion in patients with type IIa hypercholesterolemia
Published in Digestive diseases and sciences (01-07-2005)“…Colesevelam HCl is a potent bile acid-binding polymer. This study's aim was to determine effects of colesevelam HCl on sterol and bile acid excretion in…”
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Expanded-dose simvastatin is effective in homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia
Published in Atherosclerosis (01-12-1997)“…Patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia (HFH) have abnormalities in both low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor alleles, resulting in severe…”
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Dietary Cholesterol Feeding Suppresses Human Cholesterol Synthesis Measured by Deuterium Incorporation and Urinary Mevalonic Acid Levels
Published in Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology (01-10-1996)“…The objective of this study was to measure the response of cholesterol biosynthesis in subjects to three different amounts of dietary cholesterol50 (low), 350…”
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Correspondence between plasma mevalonic acid levels and deuterium uptake in measuring human cholesterol synthesis
Published in European journal of clinical investigation (01-09-1992)“…To assess the validity of two techniques capable of identifying immediate changes in human cholesterol production, plasma mevalonic acid levels and the rate of…”
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Role of GH in regulating nocturnal rates of lipolysis and plasma mevalonate levels in normal and diabetic humans
Published in The American journal of physiology (01-07-1992)“…To define the role that nocturnal increments in growth hormone (GH) play in maintaining lipolysis, glycerol turnover was measured in six patients with GH…”
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Mevalonate Availability and Cardiovascular Functions
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (15-12-1993)“…Data delineating the relationship between disorders of cholesterol metabolism and elevated blood pressure (BP) do not exist. We postulated that mevalonate, the…”
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Diurnal variations in the plasma concentrations of mevalonic acid in patients with abetalipoproteinaemia
Published in European journal of clinical investigation (01-10-1994)“…Previous studies have demonstrated that changes in the rates of cholesterol biosynthesis can be evaluated by the determination of plasma concentrations of…”
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Premenopausal black women have more risk factors for coronary heart disease than white women
Published in The American journal of cardiology (01-11-1998)“…Premenopausal black women have a 2- to 3-fold greater rate of coronary heart disease (CHD) than premenopausal white women. The purpose of this study was to…”
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Reduction in plasma low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and urinary mevalonic acid by lovastatin in patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia
Published in Metabolism, clinical and experimental (01-06-1989)“…The effects of lovastatin, an inhibitor of 3-hydroxy-3-methyl glutaryl coenzyme A reductase (HMG CoA reductase), on 24-hour urinary excretion rates of…”
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Effect of nibbling versus gorging on cardiovascular risk factors: Serum uric acid and blood lipids
Published in Metabolism, clinical and experimental (01-04-1995)“…Nibbling has been reported to decrease serum cholesterol under fasting conditions, as well as the incidence of cardiovascular disease. It has been suggested…”
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Effect of a very-high-fiber vegetable, fruit, and nut diet on serum lipids and colonic function
Published in Metabolism, clinical and experimental (01-04-2001)“…We tested the effects of feeding a diet very high in fiber from fruit and vegetables. The levels fed were those, which had originally inspired the dietary…”
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Comparative hypolipidemic effects of lovastatin and simvastatin in patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia
Published in Atherosclerosis (01-09-1992)“…We have compared the effects of lovastatin and simvastatin on plasma lipoproteins, fibrinogen and urinary mevalonic acid excretion in twenty-three patients…”
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Possible role of mevalonate in the hypercholesterolemia seen in experimental chronic renal failure
Published in Nephron (2015) (1995)“…Hypercholesterolemia may contribute to the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis associated with chronic renal failure (CRF). The mechanism underlying CRF-induced…”
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Inhibition of cholesterol synthesis by atorvastatin in homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia
Published in Atherosclerosis (01-06-2000)“…Patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia (HoFH) have markedly elevated low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels that are refractory to…”
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Propranolol-induced inhibition of rat brain cytoplasmic phosphatidate phosphohydrolase
Published in Neurochemical research (01-12-1983)“…Propranolol, a cationic amphiphilic drug, caused enhanced incorporation of labeled precursor into phosphatidic acid and its metabolites in rat cerebral cortex…”
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Effects of Colesevelam HCl on Sterol and Bile Acid Excretion in Patients with Type IIa Hypercholesterolemia
Published in Digestive diseases and sciences (01-07-2005)“…Colesevelam HCl is a potent bile acid-binding polymer. This study's aim was to determine effects of colesevelam HCl on sterol and bile acid excretion in…”
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Increased urinary mevalonic acid excretion in patients with abetalipoproteinemia and homozygous hypobetalipoproteinemia
Published in Atherosclerosis (01-03-1989)“…Previous reports in which cholesterol homeostasis has been examined in patients with phenotypic abetalipoproteinemia have shown an increase in whole body…”
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Phospholipid metabolism changes in rat tissues in vitro after injections of propranolol
Published in The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics (01-07-1982)“…When added to incubations in vitro. (+/-)-propranolol, a cationic amphiphilic drug, causes profound alterations in incorporation of [32P] orthosphosphate into…”
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Role of dietary cholesterol in the optimal diet for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia
Published in Canadian journal of cardiology (01-10-1995)“…This paper discusses studies in which the effects of dietary cholesterol on the plasma concentrations of lipids and lipoproteins have been evaluated in adult…”
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