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... 423-427. Endothelium Aging and Vascular Diseases http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/53065 19 SENESCENCE AND SENESCENCE -RELATED DISORDERS Edited by Zhiwei Wang and Hiroyuki Inuzuka thelial cell proliferation and migration ... process. Senescence and Senescence -Related Disorders 10 [10] Adams PD. Remodeling of chromatin structure in senescent cells and its potential impact on tumor suppression and aging. Gene. 2007 ... field and is developing forward with improved microscopic imaging technology and the ability to isolate these complex structures and analyse them more pre‐ cisely and we can expect to understand...

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... inhibits A␤ aggregation Amyloid clearance Curcumin increases CD11c in phagocytes and faciliates clearance Synapse and neuron dysfunction and loss Curcumin suppresses A␤-induced loss of NR2B and ... data suggested curcumin and related species (curcuminoids) and metabolites might afford Regulating Alzheimer Pathogenesis 7 controversy since they lack both neuron loss and tangles, even when ... tangle formation [3, 4], and it is still unresolved whether these mice have neurodegen- eration equivalent to AD brain. Because A␤ deposits occur early in AD and Down’s syndrome and increased A␤42...

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... honour outstanding scient ists and clinicians, Toshiharu Nagatsu, Yoshikuni Mizuno, Japan (Award of the WFN Research Group on Parkinsonism and Related Disorders) , Saskia Biskup, Germany and Andrew ... the alpha- and beta frequency bands. For instance, in parkinso- nian monkeys and patients, oscillatory burst- ing typically emerges in both the 3–8 Hz band, and a power spectral band around 10 ... to practice and treatment strategies. The guided poster tours allowed exchange of scientific ideas and shed light on new findings in etiology, diagnosis and treatment of PD and related disorders. A...

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... inflammation of adipose tissue in obesity and related insulin resistance [15]. Here, we focus on the roles of ANGPTL2 and ANGPTL6 ⁄ AGF in obes- ity and related metabolic diseases, and discuss whether these ... regulated and to identify the ANGPTL6 ⁄ AGF receptor and its downstream effectors. Conclusions In this review, we have focused on the roles of ANG- PTL2 and ANGPTL6 ⁄ AGF in obesity and related metabolic ... serum levels and amelioration of diet-induced obesity and insulin resis- tance [14]. Taken together, these findings suggest that ANGPTL6 ⁄ AGF in the circulation counteracts obesity and related insulin...

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... of obesity and related pathologies: Androgen deficiency and endothelial dysfunction may be the link between obesity and erectile dysfunction Abdulmaged M. Traish 1 , Robert J. Feeley 1 and Andre ... the link between obesity and ED by focusing on the potential pathophysiological links including obesity- related androgen deficiency and obesity- induced endothelial dysfunction. Obesity promotes ... II and TNFa. These factors have a downstream effect on the activity of NO synthase (NOS) and NO synthesis, adhesion molecules, MCP-1 and M-CSF. Adapted from Chudek and Wiecek [37]. Obesity and...

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... stillness. And silence. Helen and Mary died within a month of each other, two years after 20 LIFE OUT OF FOCUS: ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS Late one night, police found Helen wandering ... the United States and in several foreign countries. 14 LIFE OUT OF FOCUS: ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS The children were all grown and on their own when her husband retired from the ... successful, and well respected in her community. At home, she and her husband especially enjoyed spending time with their six grandchildren. There, Helen could put numbers and finances and tax forms...

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... respectively; and my family—my wife Wei, our kids, our parents Donna and Robert and Pei and Robert, and my sibs Anne, Beth, and Mikhael, whose contributions of friendship, love, understanding of ... patients and asking questions to gather information about a patient’s behavior and appearance, ambulation and move- ment, mood and affect, speech, thought processes and content, insight and judgment, ... age -related cognitive decline and early dementia, and differentiating among different types of D.H.S. Silverman (ed.), PET in the Evaluation of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders, 3 DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-76420-7_1,...

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... Mental Disorders (Knapp and others) • Mental Health and Labor Markets Productivity Loss and Restoration (Frank and Koss) The disorders and conditions covered in this volume are common and burdensome. ... to mental and neurological disorders, learning and developmental disabilities, and alcohol and illicit opiate abuse in several of its recent publications (WHO 2000; WHO 2001; Room and others ... Priorities Related to Mental, Neurological, Developmental and Substance Abuse Disorders 12 | Disease Control Priorities Related to Mental, Neurological, Developmental and Substance Abuse Disorders Table...

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... Parkinson’s Disease and Related Disorders In most cases, dopa therapy is ineffective and almost never influences the ophthalmoplegia. Imaging changes include both generalized and selective brain ... an expanded and unstable trinucleotide repetition (37–86 repeat units in one series) compared with 11–34 copies in the normal chromosome. The age of onset of the disease is inversely correlated ... loss in the caudate and putamen and, to a lesser extent, in the globus pallidus and cerebral cortex. Macro- scopically the brain is shrunken with widening of the cortical sulci and dilatation of...

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... contralateral putamen or its connections. Perinatal hypoxia can lead to a number of movement disorders, including chorea, athetosis and dystonic posturing (Figures 53 and 54). In cases with a global ... in the form of urinary urgency and occasional incontinence) and a variety of eye signs, including broken pursuit movements, and some limitation of upward gaze and convergence. A positive glabellar ... Illustrated Pocketbook of MRI. Disease and Related Disorders Figure 23 Arteriosclerotic parkinsonism: T1-weighted MRI showing hypointense foci in the putamen and caudate nuclei. Reproduced with...

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... of diet-induced obesity and its related disorders. ApoE promotes diet-induced accumulation of excess triglycerides in the liver while ApoE or LDLr deficiency does not If ApoE and LDLr are involved ... that abdominal obesity may result in insulin resistance and hyperinsu- linemia [19,20]. Epidemiological and population studies have established a direct correlation between obesity and the development ... the pivotal role of obesity and dyslipidemia in the development of the metabolic syndrome and heart disease, the functional interactions between adipose tissue and the lipid and lipoprotein transport...

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... steatosis and steatohepatitis III: peroxisomal β-oxidation, PPARα, and steatohepatitis. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2001; 281: G1333–9. Fatty Liver Disease: NASH and Related Disorders Edited ... of obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus in the USA and elsewhere, clinicians and investigators have developed an appreciation for the link between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and ... has major economic and psycholo- gical implications [176]. The direct costs of obesity and its comorbidities represent 5.7% of the national health expenditure in the USA [177] and, perhaps more...

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... Ng and Pak Chung Ho 11 Deep trophoblast invasion and spiral artery remodeling 97 Robert Pijnenborg and Ivo Brosens Section 5 Comparative anatomy and research models 109 12 Comparative anatomy and ... abruptio placentae, and fetal death. These clinical disorders (referred to as ‘obstetrical syndromes’) are the major complications of pregnancy and leading causes of perinatal and maternal morbid- ity and mortality. ... Brosens 1 and T. Yee Khong 2 1 Leuven Institute for Fertility and Embryology, Leuven, Belgium 2 SA Pathology, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, North Adelaide, Australia Introduction Growth and decidualization...

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... class 1A. c NINCDS–ADRDA = National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Diseases and Stroke/Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association. CERAD = Consortium to Establish a Register ... cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and tau combined in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) vs other types of dementia 02-Chapter 2 5 8/31/05 11:09 AM Page 23 54 ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS ANNUAL Reference ... the safety and tolerability of 3APS. In parallel, this phase 2 study allowed us to determine the pharmacokinetic profile of 3APS and its ability to penetrate the brain, as well as its pharmacologic...

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... ApoE3 knock-in and ApoE4 knock-in mice to develop obesity and its related metabolic dysfunctions. Thus, in future studies, it would be interesting to inves- tigate whether the more obesity- prone ... direct relation to body mass index and obesity, the ApoE4 phenotype also appears to be the link between obesity and abnormalities related to glucose metabolism and diabetes. In obese men, the expression ... human ApoE3 and ApoE4 phenotypes in the development of obesity and other metabolic abnormalities in mice. ApoE3 knock-in and ApoE4 knock-in mice were fed Western-type diet for 8 weeks and, during...

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