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Cytokines decrease apolipoprotein accumulation in medium from Hep G2 cells by ETTINGER, W. H, VARMA, V. K, SORCI-THOMAS, M, PARKS, J. S, SIGMON, R. C, SMITH, T. K, VERDERY, R. B

“…Cytokines, important biochemical mediators of inflammation, cause a rapid fall in the plasma concentration of cholesterol in vivo. One mechanism by which…”
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Dietary fat increases high density lipoprotein (HDL) levels both by increasing the transport rates and decreasing the fractional catabolic rates of HDL cholesterol ester and apolipoprotein (Apo) A-I : presentation of a new animal model and mechanistic studies in human Apo A-I transgenic and control mice by HAYEK, T, ITO, Y, AZROLAN, N, VERDERY, R. B, AALTO-SETÄLÄ, K, WALSH, A, BRESLOW, J. L

“…In humans, diets high in saturated fat and cholesterol raise HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C) levels. To explore the mechanism, we have devised a mouse model that…”
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Hypertriglyceridemia and cholesteryl ester transfer protein interact to dramatically alter high density lipoprotein levels, particle sizes, and metabolism : studies in transgenic mice by HAYEK, T, AZROLAN, N, VERDERY, R. B, WALSH, A, CHAJEK-SHAUL, T, AGELLON, L. B, TALL, A. R, BRESLOW, J. L

“…Several types of transgenic mice were used to study the influence of hypertriglyceridemia and cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) expression on high…”
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Clinical evaluation of failure to thrive in older people by Verdery, R B

“…The purpose of this article is to outline a clinical approach to patients with failure to thrive in old age. The article starts with a hypothetical clinical…”
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Failure To Thrive in Old Age: Follow-up on a Workshop by Verdery, R B

“…Verdery discusses the failure to thrive syndrome (FTT), following up on an FTT workshop that the National Institute on Aging conducted in 1993. He discusses…”
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Evidence for inflammation as a cause of hypocholesterolemia in older people by Ettinger, Jr, W H, Harris, T, Verdery, R B, Tracy, R, Kouba, E

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A Prospective Study of Outcome from Protein-Energy Malnutrition in Nursing Home Residents by Thomas, David R., Verdery, Roy B., Gardner, Lucy, Kant, Ashima, Lindsay, Jennifer

“…To study recovery from protein-energy malnutrition in patients newly admitted to a chronic care facility, biochemical and anthropomorphic malnutrition…”
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Failure to thrive in the elderly by Verdery, R B

“…Failure to thrive in the elderly is a syndrome and not a diagnosis. It encompasses a number of conditions characterized by progressive weight loss and decrease…”
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Measurement of normative HDL subfraction cholesterol levels by Gaussian summation analysis of gradient gels by Verdery, R B, Benham, D F, Baldwin, H L, Goldberg, A P, Nichols, A V

“…This report describes development of a computerized method for analyzing polyacrylamide gradient gels of high density lipoproteins (HDL) by Gaussian summation,…”
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Dietary restriction in humans: report on the Little Rock Conference on the value, feasibility, and parameters of a proposed study by Hass, Bruce S., Lewis, Sherry M., Duffy, Peter H., Ershler, William, Feuers, Ritchie J., Good, Robert A., Ingram, Donald K., Lane, Mark A., Leakey, Julian E.A., Lipschitz, David, Poehlman, Eric T., Roth, George S., Sprott, Richard L., Sullivan, Dennis H., Turturro, Angelo, Verdery, Roy B., Walford, Roy L., Weindruch, Richard, Yu, Byung P., Hart, Ronald W.

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Changes in plasma lipids and lipoproteins in humans during a 2-year period of dietary restriction in Biosphere 2 by Verdery, R B, Walford, R L

“…A cohort study was performed of 8 people sealed inside Biosphere 2 to evaluate the effects of dietary restriction in humans on lipid and lipoprotein levels and…”
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Changes in lipoprotein concentrations during the development of noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in obese rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) by Hannah, J S, Verdery, R B, Bodkin, N L, Hansen, B C, Le, N A, Howard, B V

“…Abnormalities in plasma lipoprotein concentrations commonly found in subjects with noninsulin-dependent diabetes may be related to insulin resistance,…”
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Regulation of sphingomyelin long chain base synthesis in human fibroblasts in culture. Role of lipoproteins and the low density lipoprotein receptor by R B Verdery, 3rd, R Theolis, Jr

“…We have studied regulation of synthesis of long chain bases in human fibroblasts using 3 different radioactive precursors and 2 different hydrolysis and…”
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Failure to thrive in older people by Verdery, R B

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Caloric restriction increases HDL2 levels in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) by Verdery, R.B, Ingram, D.K, Roth, G, Lane, M.A

“…Caloric restriction (CR) prolongs the life of rodents and other small animals, but the benefits of CR for primates and people are as yet unknown, and…”
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High density lipoprotein subfractions isolated by heparin-Sepharose affinity chromatography and their role in cholesteryl ester transfer to very low density lipoproteins by Marcel, Y L, Vézina, C, Emond, D, Verdery, R B, Milne, R W

“…Normal human plasma HDL was applied to a column of heparin-Sepharose in the presence of MnCl(2) and three fractions were obtained by stepwise elution with…”
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Hypocholesterolemia as a predictor of death: a prospective study of 224 nursing home residents by Verdery, R B, Goldberg, A P

“…The relationship of cholesterol, albumin, hemoglobin and glucose levels, and anthropometric variables to risk of death was examined in all residents of a…”
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Failure to thrive in older people by Verdery, R B

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High density lipoprotein cholesterol subfractions in older people by Ettinger, Jr, W H, Verdery, R B, Wahl, P W, Fried, L P

“…High density lipoprotein (HDL) may be an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease in older people. HDL is heterogeneous with several subfractions. This…”
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Effect of lysophosphatidyl choline on interaction between phosphatidyl choline and activator protein (apolipoprotein A-I) of lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase by Nichols, A V, Forte, T, Gong, E, Blanche, P, Verdery, 3rd, R B

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