Browsing by Subject "Lipids"
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Are the effects of tamoxifen on the serum lipid profile modified by apolipoprotein E phenotypes?
(2002)Background: Tamoxifen has favorable effects on the serum lipid profile. It has been suggested that the apolipoprotein (Apo) E phenotype can influence serum lipid parameters; the ApoE allele 4 (ApoE4) is associated with ...
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CHARMM: The biomolecular simulation program
(2009)CHARMM (Chemistry at HARvard Molecular Mechanics) is a highly versatile and widely used molecular simulation program. It has been developed over the last three decades with a primary focus on molecules of biological interest, ...
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Effect of letrozole on the lipid profile in postmenopausal women with breast cancer
(2001)Hormonal therapy plays a central role in the overall treatment of breast cancer. Aromatase inhibitors can inhibit the aromatase enzyme system resulting in a reduction of oestrogens. Letrozole is a non-steroidal aromatase ...
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Effects of hofmeister anions on DPPC langmuir monolayers at the air-water interface
(2004)In this work we investigated the effect of sodium salts of different monovalent anions belonging to the Hofmeister series on Langmuir monolayers of DPPC (1,2-dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine). The salts used were NaCl, NaBr, ...
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Effects of hormonal treatment on lipids in patients with cancer
(2009)Patients with malignant disease may need hormonal therapy as primary or adjuvant treatment or for palliation. Oestrogens usually decrease serum levels of total cholesterol (TC) and low density lipoprotein cholesterol ...
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Effects of monovalent anions of the Hofmeister series on DPPC lipid bilayers part II: Modeling the perpendicular and lateral equation-of-state
(2007)The effects of Hofmeister anions on the perpendicular and lateral equation-of-state (EOS) of the dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine lamellar phase discussed in the companion article are here examined using appropriate free ...
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Five tumor markers in lung cancer: Significance of total and>-Bound sialic acid
(1991)Total sialic acid (TSA) and > sialic acid (LSA) were evaluated in comparison to carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and ferritin and neuron specific enolase (NSE) in 152 untreated patients with primary lung cancer, 107 benign ...
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In vivo high-resolution magic angle spinning magnetic resonance spectroscopy of Drosophila melanogaster at 14.1 T shows trauma in aging and in innate immune-deficiency is linked to reduced insulin signaling
(2010)In vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), a non-destructive biochemical tool for investigating live organisms, has yet to be used in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, a useful model organism for investigating ...
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In vivo high-resolution magic angle spinning proton NMR spectroscopy of Drosophila melanogaster flies as a model system to investigate mitochondrial dysfunction in Drosophila GST2 mutants
(2014)In vivo nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR), a non-destructive biochemical tool used for investigating live organisms, has recently been performed in studies of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, a useful ...
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The ion-lipid battle for hydration water and interfacial sites at soft-matter interfaces
(2014)At charged surfaces "bound" ions reduce the repulsive electrostatic forces, while dissociated ions control the osmotic pressure in colloidal systems. For systems charged through ionic adsorption on the other hand, the ...
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Liquid expanded monolayers of lipids as model systems to understand the anionic hofmeister series: 1. A tale of models
(2009)In this work, we use Langmuir monolayers of dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine (DPPC) as model systems to enhance the understanding of specific anion effects in physicochemical and biological systems. The 298 K isotherms ...
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Monolayers, bilayers and micelles of zwitterionic lipids as model systems for the study of specific anion effects
(2007)This work is a review of the effect of different monovalent anions (belonging to the Hofmeister series) on a single model amphiphile, phosphatidylcholine molecules in contact with water, in three different geometries, ...
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Multiscale morphological analysis of the atherosclerotic carotid plaque
(2005)The aim of this paper was to investigate the usefulness of multiscale morphological analysis in the assessment of atherosclerotic carotid plagues. Ultrasound images were recorded from 137 asymptomatic and 137 symptomatic ...
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Doctoral Thesis Open Access
Μελέτη των ειδικών ιοντικών αλληλεπιδράσεων σε μεμβρανομιμητικά συσσωματώματα διπολικών λιπιδικών τασιενεργών
(Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Θετικών και Εφαρμοσμένων Επιστημών / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, 2012-05)Ο όρος «ειδικές ιοντικές αλληλεπιδράσεις» αναφέρεται σε φαινόμενα, στα οποία ιόντα του ίδιου φορτίου έχουν σημαντικά διαφορετικές επιπτώσεις στα υπό μελέτη φυσικοχημικά και βιολογικά συστήματα και επηρεάζουν τις ιδιότητές ...