CONTENTS
REVIEWS: CURRENT TOPICS
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The role of adipose tissue in mediating the beneficial effects of dietary fish oil
Michael J. Puglisi, Alyssa H. Hasty, Viswanathan Saraswathi
RESEARCH ARTICLES
109
Postnatal early overfeeding induces hypothalamic higher SOCS3 expression and
lower STAT3 activity in adult rats
Ananda Lages Rodrigues, Egberto Gaspar de Moura, Magna Cottini Fonseca Passos,
Isis Hara Trevenzoli, Ellen Paula Santos da Conceição, Isabela Teixeira Bonono,
José Firmino Nogueira Neto, Patricia Cristina Lisboa
118
White adipose tissue genome wide-expression profiling and adipocyte metabolic
functions after soy protein consumption in rats
Maria E. Frigolet, Nimbe Torres, Laura Uribe-Figueroa, Claudia Rangel,
Gerardo Jimenez-Sanchez, Armando R. Tovar
130
Chemopreventive effects of β-ionone and geraniol during rat
hepatocarcinogenesis promotion: distinct actions on cell proliferation, apoptosis,
HMGCoA reductase, and RhoA
Mônica Testoni Cardozo, Aline de Conti, Thomas Prates Ong, Clarissa Scolastici,
Eduardo Purgatto, Maria Aderuza Horst, Bruna Kempfer Bassoli,
Fernando Salvador Moreno
136
Absence of Tlr2 protects against high-fat diet-induced inflammation and results
in greater insulin-stimulated glucose transport in cultured adipocytes
Jeremy E. Davis, Douglas R. Braucher, Jennifer Walker-Daniels, Michael E. Spurlock
142
Hyperinsulinemia and ectopic fat deposition can develop in the face of
hyperadiponectinemia in young obese rats
John C. Marecki, Martin J.J. Ronis, Kartik Shankar, Thomas M. Badger
153
Dietary catechins and procyanidins modulate zinc homeostasis in
human HepG2 cells
Isabel M. Quesada, Mario Bustos, Mayte Blay, Gerard Pujadas, Anna Ardèvol,
M. Josepa Salvadó, Cinta Bladé, Lluís Arola, Juan Fernández-Larrea
164
Vitamin C-deficiency stimulates osteoclastogenesis with an increase
in RANK expression
Mamiko Hie, Ikuyo Tsukamoto
172
Role of zinc in cellular zinc trafficking and mineralization in a murine
osteoblast-like cell line
Masashi Nagata, Bo Lönnerdal
179
The function of porcine PPARγ and dietary fish oil effect on the expression of
lipid and glucose metabolism related genes
Yu-Hsiang Yu, Shinn-Chih Wu, Winston Teng-Kuei Cheng, Harry J. Mersmann,
Tang-Long Shen, Shih-Torng Ding
187
Docosahexaenoic acid attenuates VCAM-1 expression and NF-κB
activation in TNF-α-treated human aortic endothelial cells
Tzu-Ming Wang, Chun-Jung Chen, Tzong-Shyuan Lee, Han-Yi Chao, Wen-Huey Wu,
Shu-Chen Hsieh, Huey-Herng Sheu, An-Na Chiang
195
Eicosapentaenoic acid decreases expression of anandamide synthesis enzyme
and cannabinoid receptor 2 in osteoblast-like cells
Heather L. Hutchins, Yong Li, Kevin Hannon, Bruce A. Watkins
The Journal of
Nutritional
Biochemistry
Volume 22, Number 2, February 2011
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