stearoyl CoA desaturase

..Mice with a targeted disruption of the SCD1 gene have very low levels of VLDL and impaired triglyceride and cholesterol ester biosynthesis...

..These findings indicate that pharmacologic manipulation of SCD-1 may be of benefit in the treatment of obesity, diabetes, hepatic steatosis, and other components of the Metabolic Syndrome...

..This change in fatty acid metabolism is associated with overexpression of stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 (Scd1), which catalyses the transformation of saturated fatty acids into monounsaturated fatty acids (e.g., oleic acid)...

..The protein expression of stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1 (SCD1), which is a synthetic enzyme of MUFA, showed accumulation in the cancerous areas as observed by the results of ..

..Mice with a deletion of the Δ(9)-desaturase-1 isoform (SCD1) either globally (Scd1(-/-)) or specifically in the skin (skin-specific Scd1-knockout; SKO) present with marked ..

..Stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 (SCD1) plays a key role in preventing lipotoxic effects, as it converts SFAs to less harmful monounsaturated fatty acids...

Animal studies have revealed the association between stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 (SCD1) and obesity and insulin resistance. However, only a few studies have been undertaken in humans...

Stearoyl-coenzyme A desaturase (SCD1) is the rate-limiting enzyme that converts palmitoyl- and stearoyl-coenzyme A to palmitoleoyl- and oleoyl-cownzyme A, respectively...

..It is suggested that certain classes of tumour may exhibit increased levels of desaturase mRNA...

..These results indicate that loss of SCD expression is a frequent event in prostate adenocarcinoma, and further supports a role for altered lipid metabolism as a factor in the process of carcinogenesis...

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..Microsome fractions prepared from hSCD1 and hSCD5 transfected cells displayed similar delta 9 desaturase activity...

..The lipogenic enzyme, stearoyl-coenzyme A-desaturase (SCD), is related to obesity. Further, SCD1-deficent mice are protected against obesity and insulin resistance...

Stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 (SCD1) is the rate-limiting enzyme in monounsaturated fatty acid synthesis. It is imperative for the assembly of VLDL particles, which transport triacylglycerol (TG) from liver to adipose tissue and other sites...

Stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 (SCD1) is the rate-limiting enzyme involved in the synthesis of monounsaturated fatty acids, and in mice SCD1 activity is associated with plasma triglyceride levels...

..of tissue MUFA and several types of cancer has been reported, but a causal relationship between the function of SCD1, the main human SCD isoform, and cancer development has not yet been firmly established...

To determine whether 1) hepatic ceramide and diacylglycerol concentrations, 2) SCD1 activity, and 3) hepatic lipogenic index are increased in the human nonalcoholic fatty liver.

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..We have previously shown that a stable knockdown of stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 (SCD1), the main Delta9-desaturase that converts SFA into MUFA, in cancer cells decreases the rate of lipogenesis, ..

Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase 1 (SCD1) is the rate limiting enzyme catalyzing the biosynthesis of monounsaturated fatty acids preferentially from palmitoyl-CoA and stearoyl-CoA forming respectively palmitoleyl-CoA and oleyl-CoA...

Stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 (SCD1) activity, a key regulator of lipid metabolism, may be associated with the development of metabolic syndrome (MetS)...

..Using RNAi we have demonstrated that depletion of fatty-acid synthesis pathway enzymes SCD1, FASN, or ACC1 in HCT116 colon cancer cells results in cytotoxicity that is reversible by addition of exogenous ..

We set out to identify Stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 (SCD1) as a novel molecular target in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) and examine its role in tumor cell growth and viability in vitro and in vivo independently as well as in ..

..Given this strong positional and biological candidacy, the present study sought to establish whether sequence variation in SCD influences susceptibility to type 2 diabetes and related traits...

Stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1 (SCD1) has gained much interest as a future drug target to treat fatty liver and its consequences. However, there are few and inconsistent human data about expression and activity of this important enzyme...

..In turn, SREBP1 regulates the expression of key lipogenic enzymes, including stearoyl CoA desaturase 1 (SCD1/SCD)...

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..The strong correlation of high levels of MUFA and neoplastic phenotype suggest that the regulation of stearoyl CoA desaturase (SCD) must play a significant role in cancer development...

..Herein, we show that the lipogenic gene, stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 (SCD1), is robustly up-regulated in skeletal muscle from extremely obese humans...

..The implications of age-related reductions in OFC PUFA composition for affective dysregulation in the elderly are discussed...

Stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1 (SCD1) is an endoplasmic reticulum anchored enzyme catalyzing the synthesis of monounsaturated fatty acids, mainly palmytoleyl-CoA and oleyl-CoA...

Stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 (SCD1) is an essential regulator of fatty acid synthesis. We have previously shown that overexpression of SCD1 increases the growth of breast cancer cell lines...

..Stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1 (SCD1) is the main isoform of SCDs, the rate-limiting enzymes in the biosynthesis of monounsaturated fatty acids from ..

..HTG is ethnicity-specifically associated with an increase in the 18:1/18:0 ratio and a decrease in n-3 PUFA in plasma for Japanese, Koreans, and Mongolians...

..Ingested fatty acids were deposited directly and without modification into the blubber of pups, and by 4 days the fatty acid composition of pup blubber was virtually identical to that of the milk consumed...

The Saccharomyces cerevisiae OLE1 gene encodes the Delta-9 fatty acid desaturase, a highly regulated integral membrane enzyme involved in the formation of unsaturated fatty acids from saturated acyl-coenzyme A precursors...

..Two well characterized isoforms of SCD, SCD1 and SCD2, exist in the mouse...

..05). In conclusion, SCD is ubiquitously expressed in chickens and it is regulated by leptin, cerulenin, nutritional state, and gender in a tissue-specific manner...

..The mouse expresses three well-characterized SCD genes (SCD1, 2, and 3). SCD1 is the main isoform expressed in the liver of mice...

..These findings indicate that SCD is degraded by a protease related to Pg and suggest that plasmin moonlights as an intracellular protease...

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..was to compare the effects of various fatty acids (FA) typically present in dairy cow rations on the expression of SCD1 and SCD5 in the mammary gland of dairy cows...

..The focus of this study was to characterize the expression and regulation of stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 (SCD1), stearoyl-CoA desaturase 2 (SCD2), and Delta5- and Delta6-desaturase in rat testis...

..The positive genetic correlations observed between %MONO and the ratios of C14:1 cis-9 to C14:0 (0.72), C16:1 cis-9 to C16:0 (0.62), and C18:1 cis to C18:0 (0.97) showed that %MONO is linked to the Delta(9)-desaturase activity...

..1983) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 752, 259-264]. We analyzed the changes in stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 (SCD1) mRNA to further define the molecular mechanism for the induction of stearoyl-CoA desaturase by peroxisome ..

..Three well-characterized isoforms of SCD, SCD1, SCD2 and SCD3, exist in mice...

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Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase-1 (SCD1) is the rate limiting enzyme catalyzing the synthesis of monounsaturated fatty acids...

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..show diminished thermogenesis and high susceptibility to obesity, whereas mice lacking stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 (SCD1), which catalyzes the synthesis of monounsaturated fatty acids, show enhanced thermogenesis and high resistance to ..

The stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 (SCD1) catalyzes the synthesis of monounsaturated fatty acids. This enzyme is a critical control point regulating hepatic lipogenesis and lipid oxidation...

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..The implication of primary protein-energy malnutrition on growth retardation in SCD children is under study...

..characterized a differentially expressed gene from mouse 3T3-L1 preadipocytes that encodes stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD1; Ntambi, J. M., Buhrow, S. A., Kaestner, K. H., Christy, R. J., Sibley, E., Kelly, T. J., Jr., and Lane, M. D...

..Two mouse and rat SCD genes (SCD1 and SCD2) and a single human SCD gene have been cloned and characterized...

..Mice with a targeted disruption of the SCD1 isoform (SCD1-/-) exhibit reduced adiposity and increased energy expenditure...

..Stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 (SCD-1), which catalyzes the cellular synthesis of monounsaturated fatty acids, affects lipid metabolism. In this study, we investigated whether SCD-1 gene expression is affected by ARB treatment...

Several lipogenic genes have been shown to have effects on lipid metabolism: stearoyl CoA desaturase 1 (SCD1) catalyzes the desaturation of several fatty acids (FA) in the cis-Delta(9) position in mammary glands of ruminant animals, ..

..These results suggest that SNP in the FASN and SCD genes are useful markers for the improvement of fatty acid composition in commercial Japanese Black cattle...

..supplemental corn oil level to steers grazing endophyte-free tall fescue on fatty acid composition of LM, stearoyl CoA desaturase (SCD) activity and expression as well as cellularity in s.c. adipose...

..Among the four mouse SCD isoforms, SCD1 is predominantly expressed in liver and adipose tissue...

..The lipogenic diet fed to mice with a null mutation in the SCD1 gene (SCD-/-) fails to induce the synthesis of triglycerides in liver, despite the induction of expression of SREBP-..

..Mice with a targeted disruption of the SCD1 gene are deficient in tissue oleate and have reduced expression of the sterol regulatory element-binding protein (..

..treatment with clofibric acid and the feeding of the fat-free diet caused an increase in the steady-state level of SCD1 mRNA and enhanced transcriptional rate...

..cells, we have studied the regulation of the expression of genes encoding acyl-CoA synthetase (ACS), and stearoyl CoA desaturase-1 (SCD-1), two enzymes that play key roles in the metabolism of long chain fatty acids...

..We found that the HG of the mice with a disruption in the gene for stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 (SCD1) (SCD1-/-) is deficient in ADG...

..High-carbohydrate (HC) diets increase de novo lipogenesis (DNL), but effects on stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD) are not so well studied...

..48, P < 0.05). Intramuscular fat content did not correlate with ACC or Delta6d protein expression (P = 0.23 and P = 0.80, respectively). We conclude that SCD might be an effective potential biomarker for intramuscular fat deposition...

Absence of stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1 (SCD1) in mice leads to chronic inflammation of the skin and increased susceptibility to atherosclerosis, while also increasing plasma inflammatory markers...

..How parasites acquire this monounsaturated fatty acid has remained enigmatic. Here, we report on the biochemical and enzymatic characterization of stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD) in P. falciparum...

..D5D in PL was inversely related to obesity and insulin resistance, whereas D6D index showed positive associations...

..In conclusion, SCD-1 is not only critical for hepatic steatosis in geese but is also important for the difference in lipid deposition in the livers of the two breeds...

..We have found that the mouse PG expresses the three gene isoforms (SCD1, SCD2, and SCD3) of the Delta9 stearoyl-CoA desaturase enzyme that catalyzes the biosynthesis of monounsaturated ..

..Why, then, is stearoyl-CoA desaturase a highly regulated enzyme? This review summarizes the recent and timely advances concerning the important role of stearoyl-CoA desaturase in metabolism...

..Several SCD gene isoforms (SCD1, SCD2, SCD3) exist in the mouse and one SCD isoform that is highly homologous to the mouse SCD1 is well ..

..Mice with a targeted disruption of the SCD1 isoform have reduced body adiposity, increased energy expenditure, and up-regulated expression of several genes ..

..Reverse transcription (RT)-PCR result indicates that the SCD gene is expressed ubiquitously in pigs...

..b>SCD1 deficient mice reveal increased energy expenditure and decreased body adiposity due to the upregulation of genes of ..

..Stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1 (SCD1), which catalyzes the biosynthesis of monounsaturated fatty acids, affects the lipid composition and fluidity of ..

..of adipocyte-specific gene expression in fully differentiated 3T3-L1 adipocytes, including the expression of SCD1. Despite the high sequence similarity between SCD2 and SCD1, silencing of SCD1 did not down-regulate 3T3-L1 cell ..

..Stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD) is a lipogenic enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis of monounsaturated fatty acids (FA). SCD1 deficiency activates metabolic pathways that promote FA beta-oxidation and decrease lipogenesis in liver...

..This indicates that elevated levels of endogenous lipogenesis increase the risk of fracture and suggest a role for saturated fat in the pathogenesis of osteoporosis...

..The aim was to assess the relationship of plasma palmitoleic acid content, a product of SCD activity, with triglyceridemia and abdominal adiposity in humans...

Stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 (SCD1) is an enzyme that catalyzes the rate-limiting step in de novo synthesis of monounsaturated fatty acids--mainly oleate and palmitoleate from stearoyl-CoA and palmitoyl-Co A, respectively...

..In this article, we summarize the recent and timely advances concerning the important role of SCD in the biochemistry and physiology of lipid metabolism...

Stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1 (SCD1) catalyzes the synthesis of monounsaturated fatty acids and is an important regulator of whole body energy homeostasis...

..An independent confirmation of these primary results will be required before attempting its practical implementation in selection programs...

..05). These results indicated that genotype CC of SCD gene and genotype XX of DCN gene could be used for the breeding of new breeds of goat in China...

..Herein, we demonstrate that endurance training significantly increases both SCD1 mRNA and protein levels in the soleus muscle, whereas it does not affect SCD1 expression in the EDL muscle and ..

Stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1 (SCD1) catalyzes the synthesis of monounsaturated fatty acids from saturated fatty acids. Mice with a targeted disruption of Scd1 gene locus are lean and display increased insulin sensitivity...

b>Stearoyl CoA desaturase gene 1 (SCD1) is a delta 9 desaturase that is transcriptionally activated during the differentiation of 3T3-L1 preadipocytes into adipocytes...

..Previously, two members of this gene family, namely, Scd1 and Scd2, have been reported...

..It plays a key role in lipid metabolism and energy expenditure in mammals. In mice, four SCD isoforms (SCD1-4) have been identified...

..No abnormalities were detected in the control group. These findings suggest a low incidence of SNHL in Greek SCD patients probably due to different hematological and clinical profile (S/beta(+)-Thal)...

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..When confirmed, a definitive etiology of PUD must be determined so that appropriate treatment strategies can be initiated promptly and excess morbidity avoided...

..In addition we found a straight line relationship for T-1 vs. S2D, and T-1 vs. S2CD for the deuterons in the 9 and 13 positions in the LC phase in the pressure range investigated...

..These results indicate that most children with SCD in stable condition have normal TNF-alpha concentrations and that those with high TNF-alpha levels are more likely to have growth deficits...

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..5 mM tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide, and 2 mM sodium tetraborate, pH 5.88. A comparison of CIE and IC-SCD in terms of reproducibility, accuracy, linearity, and sensitivity will be presented...

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..Helix Therapeutics is proposing to develop a therapeutic gene targeting agent to correct, in human hematopoietic stem cells, the mutation responsible for causing SCD and, thus, cure the disease permanently. ..

..Moreover they will have important and immediate clinical significance to a large number of individuals with SCD and the future generations of HU-treated patients. ..

..We plan to disseminate our models, software tools, and experimental data including the general-purpose triple-decker algorithm, via web-based repositories, existing public open-ware sites, tutorials and through the MSM consortium. ..

..If this study provides preliminary evidence that montelukast when combined with HU has efficacy for the treatment of vaso-occlusion, we will propose a larger multi-center phase III trial. ..

..The knowledge and skills acquired from completing these studies will allow the applicant to develop evidence based strategies to improve educational attainment in students with SCD. ..

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..Jeff Isenberg's lab). Definition of this pathway will therefore present a novel therapeutic target for the vascular complications of SCD. ..

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..We will study a drug called regadenoson in people with sickle cell disease to determine if it is an effective treatment for pain or acute chest syndrome episodes. ..

..Aim 3 will be done in collaboration with the randomized glutamine trial proposed in Project 2B (PI:Niihara). ..

..The overall goal of this applications is to identify the laboratory and clinical determinants of how lung disease progresses from normal in early childhood to asthma and later to a severe lung disease that requires oxygen ..

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..Overall the project provides substantial new information that will insure the major investment made in STOP and STOP II is used to best advantage in real world applications to prevent stroke in children with SCD. ..

..Stearoyl-CoA desaturase- 1 (SCD1) is increased in obesity and catalyzes the conversion of saturated fatty acids (16:0 and 18:0) to mono- unsaturated ..

..Overall, our research proposal may help in designing oleate-rich dietary formulations and also clarify whether SCD-1 can be targeted to prevent colitis and metabolic diseases ! ..

..also thought to mediate the repressive effects of unsaturated FA on the expression of stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 (SCD1), an enzyme that catalyzes endogenous synthesis of OA...

..investigation: adiponectin (3q27), AMP kinase gamma 2 subunit and nuclear respiratory factor-1 (7q36), stearoyl CoA desaturase (10q23), sterol regulatory element binding protein (17p11), insulin sensitive glucose transporter (17p13),..

..k.a. stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 (SCD1)), measured by the ratio of specific saturated to monounsaturated fatty acids, (saturation index (SI)n-7 and SIn-9)...

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..inhibits SCO activity in CHO fibroblasts, represses the mRNA levels and transcription of the two known SCD genes, SCD1 and SCD2...

..our second series of studies, we will place mice with an adipose tissue-specific deletion of the gene for stearoyl CoA desaturase 1 (SCD1) on MR to determine if an inhibition of the synthesis of fats reduces metabolism in adipose ..

..The PI and colleagues recently demonstrated that SCD1 in skeletal muscle is a core mechanism contributing to reduced fatty acid (FA) oxidation and increased ..

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..at Harbor-UCLA establishing her academic career studying the role of stearoyl-CoA desaturase enzyme-1 (SCD1) and fatty acid synthesis pathways in nutritional programming for obesity. As a fellow, Dr...

..As shown in our preliminary results, increasing stearate by adding exogenous stearate or by inhibiting SCD1 and SCD2 augmented vascular calcification in vitro and in vivo...

..Our project will develop the technology to reliably induce tissue-specific expression of genes so that disease states can be mimicked in non-rodent species. ..

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..Treatment options are few. There is a substantial unmet medical need for new safe and effective disease modifying drugs, like the one in this grant, to treat this disease. ..

..that up to 28% of the additive variance in tissue levels of ARA is explained by variants in a single gene, fatty acid desaturase 1 (FADS1)...

..regulates essential genes mediating mitophagy (NIX) and de novo lipogenesis (SREBF1, ACLY, ACACB, FASN, SCD1)...

..Findings of this study may provide important information that could shape dietary recommendations to prevent coronary events. ..

..This proposal represents an essential first step in the design of a subsequent clinical trial to improve vascular function in SCD patients. ..

..LCPUFA biosynthesis is limited by desaturase activity encoded by the fatty acid desaturase gene cluster (FADS1-3, 11q12-13.1)...

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..of PUFA-based botanical dietary supplements is strongly associated with genetic polymorphisms in the fatty acid desaturase (FADS 1-3) cluster on chromosome 11 in a region known as 11q12-q13...

..Specifically, NINDS support is for the expansion of the case ascertainment to include cases of SUDEP in individuals under the age of 24 in up to 15 states. ..

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..This proposal is relevant to the NHLBI's strategic plan which aims "to develop non-invasive techniques, such as biological markers, to clinically identify patients at high risk of SCD". ..

..We plan to characterize mechanisms of ET-1-stimulated sickle red cell dehydration as a means to develop ET-1 receptor antagonists as a novel therapy in the treatment of sickle cell disease. ..

..Therefore, neuraxial modulation is an approach that has the potential to have a global impact given the prohibitive high cost and morbidity associated with implantable defibrillators which prevent their expanded use. ..

..These aims correspond to one goal in the NHLBl's strategic plan to "develop means to predict and prevent sudden cardiac death". ..

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..In this application, we propose to apply three up-to-date methodologies - evidence-based synthesis, decision analysis, and preference elicitation - to address this pressing clinical and public policy issue. ..

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..The active fractions will be further fractionated, the compounds in the sub-fractions identified using mass spectroscopy and NMR, and in vivo activity confirmed in 100% human Hb S transgenic mice. ..

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..WT erythroid cells will converge to identify novel regulators of [unreadable]- like globin switching, thereby providing important new therapeutic targets for the hemoglobinopathies. ! ..

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..Should these preliminary tests be fruitful, we will in the future then initiate clinical trials in ealthy and sickle cell patients. ..

..She has selected mentors in behavioral research, epidemiology and sickle cell that provide the necessary supervision to make her a successful independent investigator. ..

..It causes short life span, pain and multi-organ failure. We have discovered a new anti-inflammatory approach to effectively treat SCD in mice and we plan to evaluate this new therapy in patients with SCD. ..

..Relieving the health disparity of SCD patients is the primary goal of this application. ..

..In doing so, this study could also reduce the burden of chronic transfusions and change clinical practice by broadening the indications for HU. ..

..We plan to continue our commitment to extend benefits of research to less developed areas of the sickle cell world. ..

..This research may also inform interventions for other pediatric chronic illnesses in underserved communities. ..

..In collaboration with the NICHD under the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act (BPCA) NHLBI, as the IND sponsor, will submit clinical data to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to seek pediatric use labeling for HU. ..

..In collaboration with the NICHD under the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act (BPCA) NHLBI, as the IND sponsor, will submit clinical data to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to seek pediatric use labeling for HU. ..

..In collaboration with the NICHD under the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act (BPCA) NHLBI, as the IND sponsor, will submit clinical data to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to seek pediatric use labeling for HU. ..

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..As part of my training, I will obtain a Master's Degree in Clinical Research through the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics. ..

..Studies in the previous grant application demonstrated that mice with a targeted disruption of SCD1 isoform (SCD1-/-) have reduced lipogenic gene expression, increased fatty acid oxidation and enhanced insulin ..

..Consequently, SCD remains a major unresolved public health problem. This proposal puts forth a novel method using targeted cellular therapy to restore normal function and, thus, cure many patients at risk for SCD. 1 ..

..Through these studies, new treatment modalities may be realized for preventing vascular dysfunction in a variety of diseases characterized by increases in oxidative stress and inflammation. ..

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..The combination of data from PFOS and SCD-HeFT will provide a holistic assessment of HF patients. ..

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