Human subcutaneous adipose tissue shows site-specific differences in fatty acid composition

SD Phinney, JS Stern, KE Burke, AB Tang… - The American journal of …, 1994 - Elsevier
Adipose tissue was obtained from six women undergoing liposuction twice at 6-mo intervals.
Samples obtained bilaterally from abdomen, inner thigh, and outer thigh had fatty acids …

The transient hypercholesterolemia of major weight loss

SD Phinney, AB Tang, CR Waggoner… - The American journal of …, 1991 - Elsevier
Serum lipoproteins, body composition, and adipose cholesterol contents of six obese
women were studied during and after major weight loss by very-low-calorie diets (VLCDs). …

Selective reduction of delta 6 and delta 5 desaturase activities but not delta 9 desaturase in micropigs chronically fed ethanol.

MT Nakamura, AB Tang, J Villanueva… - The Journal of …, 1994 - Am Soc Clin Investig
This study investigated the mechanism by which chronic ethanol feeding reduces arachidonate
and other highly unsaturated fatty acids in pig liver phospholipids. Five micropigs were …

The Theaflavin Monomers Inhibit the Cancer Cells Growth in Vitro

YY Tu, AB Tang, N Watanabe - Acta Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
The inhibition effects of tea theaflavins complex (TFs), theaflavin-3-3′-digallate (TFDG),
theaflavin-3′-gallate (TF2B), and an unidentified compound (UC) on the growth of human liver …

Preferential reduction in adipose tissue α‐linolenic acid (18∶ 3ω3) during very low calorie dieting despite supplementation with 18∶ 3ω3

AB Tang, KY Nishimura, SD Phinney - Lipids, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
We have previously reported that the relative content of 18∶3ω3 in adipose triglyceride (TG)
of women was reduced following major weight loss while on a very low calorie diet (VLCD). …

Reduced adipose 18∶ 3ω3 with weight loss by very low calorie dieting

SD Phinney, AB Tang, SB Johnson, RT Holman - Lipids, 1990 - Springer
… In a pilot study comparing the fatty acid profiles of adipose tissue either subjected to thin-layer
chromatography to remove the phospholipid fraction or not {AB Tang, unpublished results, …

Abnormal polyunsaturated lipid metabolism in the obese Zucker rat, with partial metabolic correction by γ-linolenic acid administration

SD Phinney, AB Tang, DC Thurmond, MT Nakamura… - Metabolism, 1993 - Elsevier
Below-normal proportions of phospholipid (PL) arachidonic acid (20:4ω6) have been
reported in serum from obese humans and in liver from obese Zucker rats. This implies an …

Reduced tissue arachidonic acid concentration with chronic ethanol feeding in miniature pigs

MT Nakamura, AB Tang, J Villanueva… - The American journal of …, 1992 - Elsevier
The effect of ethanol feeding on the essential fatty acid content of tissues has been contradictory.
To define the effect, we analyzed fatty acid profiles in various tissues from five miniature …

Recent progress in ab initio simulations of hafnia-based gate stacks

H Zhu, C Tang, LRC Fonseca, R Ramprasad - Journal of Materials …, 2012 - Springer
… This review focusses on the large body of first principles (or ab initio) computational work
employing conventional density functional theory (DFT) and beyond-DFT calculations …

Evidence for the existence of peptide hydrolase activity associated with chloroplasts isolated from barley mesophyll protoplasts

MJ Dalling, AB Tang, RC Huffaker - Zeitschrift für Pflanzenphysiologie, 1983 - Elsevier
Peptide hydrolase activity was assessed by following the loss of the large subunit (LSU) of
endogenous ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase (EC 4.1.1.39) in a reaction mixture …