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Acute effects of beer on endothelial function and hemodynamics: A single-blind, crossover study in healthy volunteers by Karatzi, Kalliopi, Ph.D, Rontoyanni, Victoria G., Ph.D, Protogerou, Athanase D., M.D, Georgoulia, Aggeliki, M.Sc, Xenos, Konstantinos, M.Sc, Chrysou, John, B.Sc, Sfikakis, Petros P., M.D, Sidossis, Labros S., Ph.D

“…Abstract Objective Moderate consumption of beer is associated with lower cardiovascular (CV) risk. The goal of this study was to determine the effect of beer…”
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Mitochondrial Bioenergetics in the Metabolic Myopathy Accompanying Peripheral Artery Disease by Rontoyanni, Victoria G, Nunez Lopez, Omar, Fankhauser, Grant T, Cheema, Zulfiqar F, Rasmussen, Blake B, Porter, Craig

“…Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a serious but relatively underdiagnosed and undertreated clinical condition associated with a marked reduction in functional…”
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Association between Obesity and Serum 25(OH)D Concentrations in Older Mexican Adults by Rontoyanni, Victoria G, Avila, Jaqueline C, Kaul, Sapna, Wong, Rebeca, Veeranki, Sreenivas P

“…Vitamin D is essential for maintaining bone mineralization and calcium homeostasis, and prevents falls and fractures in older adults. Mexico is undergoing an…”
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Marine n-3 fatty acids for cardiovascular risk reduction and disease control in rheumatoid arthritis: "kill two birds with one stone"? by Rontoyanni, Victoria G, Sfikakis, Petros P, Kitas, George D, Protogerou, Athanase D

“…Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the most common chronic systemic inflammatory disease leading to joint destruction and disability, is associated with increased…”
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Cafeteria Diet Impacts the Body Weight and Energy Expenditure of Brown Norway Rats in an Apparent Age Dependent Manner, but Has no Effect on Muscle Anabolic Sensitivity to Nutrition by El Ayadi, Amina, Tapking, Christian, Prasai, Anesh, Rontoyanni, Victoria G., Abdelrahman, Doaa R., Cui, Weihua, Fang, Geping, Bhattarai, Nisha, Murton, Andrew J.

“…While obesity blunts the ability of muscle to mount a protein synthetic response to an amino acid infusion in older adults, it is unclear if this insensitivity…”
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Unplanned 30-day readmission rates after plastic and reconstructive surgery procedures: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Tapking, Christian, Boson, Alexis L., Rontoyanni, Victoria G., Kowalewski, Karl F., Hundeshagen, Gabriel, Haug, Valentin F. M., Houschyar, Khosrow S., Popp, Daniel, Branski, Ludwik K.

“…Background Identifying risk factors for unplanned hospital readmission is beneficial in terms of costs and utilization of resources. This systematic review…”
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A comparison of the changes in cardiac output and systemic vascular resistance during exercise following high-fat meals containing DHA or EPA by Rontoyanni, Victoria G., Hall, Wendy L., Pombo-Rodrigues, Sonia, Appleton, Amber, Chung, Roxanna, Sanders, Thomas A. B.

“…Long-chain n-3 PUFA can lower blood pressure (BP) but their acute effects on cardiac output, BP and systemic vascular resistance (SVR) in response to dynamic…”
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Association between nocturnal sleep duration, body fatness, and dietary intake in Greek women by Rontoyanni, Victoria G., M.Sc, Baic, Sue, M.Sc., R.D, Cooper, Ashley R., Ph.D

“…Abstract Objective We investigated the association of nocturnal sleep duration with body fatness, energy, and macronutrient intake in female adults. Methods…”
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Mild burn amplifies the locomotive depression in demyelinated mice without muscle pathophysiological changes by Song, Juquan, Ei Ayadi, Amina, Rontoyanni, Victoria G, Wolf, Steven E

“…Patients with mild burns take most accounts, however, the impact of mild burns is less known. Nerve destruction leads to muscle atrophy. We posit that even…”
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The Effect of Lipolysis Inhibitor Acipimox on Brown Adipose Tissue Bioenergetics and Uncoupling Protein Abundance in Severely Burned Rats by Rontoyanni, Victoria G., El Ayadi, Amina, Prasai, Anesh, Wang, Ye, Bhattarai, Nisha, Vardarli, Emre, Porter, Craig, Murton, Andrew J.

“…Introduction Uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) activation in brown adipose tissue (BAT) contributes to the hypermetabolic stress response to burn trauma. Strategies…”
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Variability in the Antioxidant Activity of Dietary Supplements from Pomegranate, Milk Thistle, Green Tea, Grape Seed, Goji, and Acai: Effects of in Vitro Digestion by Henning, Susanne M, Zhang, Yanjun, Rontoyanni, Victoria G, Huang, Jianjun, Lee, Ru-Po, Trang, Amy, Nuernberger, Gloria, Heber, David

“…The antioxidant activity (AA) of fruits and vegetables has been thoroughly investigated but less is known about the AA of dietary supplements (DS). We…”
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Nuclear Factor Erythroid 2-Related Factor 2 Activation and Burn-Induced Cardiac Dysfunction by Wen, Jake J, Mobli, Keyan, Rontoyanni, Victoria G, Cummins, Claire B, Radhakrishnan, Geetha L, Murton, Andrew, Radhakrishnan, Ravi S

“…Our previous studies have found that burn injury induces cardiac dysfunction through interruption of the antioxidant-response element (ARE) pathway in cardiac…”
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Liver-Specific Nonviral Gene Delivery of Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 Protein Expression in Mice Regulates Body Mass and White/Brown Fat Respiration by Girer, Nathaniel G, Rontoyanni, Victoria G, Joshi, Aditya, Patrikeev, Igor, Murton, Andrew J, Porter, Craig, Motamedi, Massoud, Elferink, Cornelis J

“…Viral-mediated in vivo gene delivery methods currently dominate among therapeutic strategies within the clinical and experimental settings, albeit with well…”
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Brown adipose tissue recruitment in a rodent model of severe burns by Bhattarai, Nisha, Rontoyanni, Victoria G., Ross, Evan, Ogunbileje, John O., Murton, Andrew J., Porter, Craig

“…Severe burns results in a prolonged hypermetabolic response. Brown adipose tissue (BAT), abundant in uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1), plays a key role in…”
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The association between body mass index and physical function in adult burn survivors: A Burn Model System National Database study by Palackic, Alen, Rontoyanni, Victoria G., Kleinhapl, Julia, Franco-Mesa, Camila, Branski, Ludwik K., Herndon, David N., Schneider, Jeffrey, Roaten, Kimberly, Ryan, Colleen M., Kowalske, Karen, Gibran, Nicole, Stewart, Barclay, Wolf, Steven E., Suman-Vejas, Oscar E.

“…An area of rehabilitation research in burns is the impact of co-morbidities on disease trajectory. Obesity is a comorbidity of increasing public health…”
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Skeletal Muscle Bioenergetics in Critical Limb Ischemia and Diabetes by Rontoyanni, Victoria G., Blears, Elizabeth, Nunez Lopez, Omar, Ogunbileje, John, Moro, Tatiana, Bhattarai, Nisha, Randolph, Amanda C., Fry, Christopher S., Fankhauser, Grant T., Cheema, Zulfiqar F., Murton, Andrew J., Volpi, Elena, Rasmussen, Blake B., Porter, Craig

“…Mitochondrial dysfunction is implicated in the metabolic myopathy accompanying peripheral artery disease (PAD) and critical limb ischemia (CLI). Type-2…”
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Determinants of skeletal muscle protein turnover following severe burn trauma in children by Malagaris, Ioannis, Herndon, David N., Polychronopoulou, Efstathia, Rontoyanni, Victoria G., Andersen, Clark R., Suman, Oscar E., Porter, Craig, Sidossis, Labros S.

“…Burns remain the fifth cause of non-fatal pediatric injuries globally, with muscle cachexia being a hallmark of the stress response to burns. Burn-induced…”
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Strength of association between body mass index and physical function scores in paediatric burn patients: A National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research Burn Model System study by Rontoyanni, Victoria G., Kudlicki, Andrzej, Palackic, Alen, Gibran, Nicole, Stewart, Barclay, Schneider, Jeffrey C., Ryan, Colleen M., Murton, Andrew J., Wolf, Steven E., Kowalske, Karen, Suman, Oscar E.

“…Increased body weight has been associated with reduced muscle wasting in the early catabolic phase after a severe burn. Yet, overweight and obese non-burn…”
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Quantification of an Exercise Rehabilitation Program for Severely Burned Children: The Standard of Care at Shriners Hospitals for Children®-Galveston by Rivas, Eric, Herndon, David N, Cambiaso-Daniel, Janos, Rontoyanni, Victoria G, Porter, Craig, Glover, Shauna, Suman, Oscar E

“…Currently, there are no clear guidelines for the implementation of rehabilitative exercise training (RET) in burned individuals. Therefore, we quantified the…”
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The Influence of Obesity on Treatment and Outcome of Severely Burned Patients by Tapking, Christian, Houschyar, Khosrow S, Rontoyanni, Victoria G, Hundeshagen, Gabriel, Kowalewski, Karl-Friedrich, Hirche, Christoph, Popp, Daniel, Wolf, Steven E, Herndon, David N, Branski, Ludwik K

“…Abstract Obesity and the related medical, social, and economic impacts are relevant multifactorial and chronic conditions that also have a meaningful impact on…”
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