We leverage the SM/J mouse to understand glycemic control in obesity. High-fat-fed SM/J
mice initially develop poor glucose homeostasis relative to controls. Strikingly, their glycemic …

Objectives Life history theory, a branch of evolutionary theory, predicts the existence of trade‐offs
in energetic allocation between competing physiological functions. The core metabolic …

AIM: COVID-19 has exacerbated food insecurity, unemployment, inequities and poverty in
Aotearoa. Here, we tested the hypothesis that exposure to malnutrition due to household food …

Disruption of glucose homeostasis increases the risk of type II diabetes, cardiovascular
disease, stroke, and cancer. We leverage a novel rodent model, the SM/J mouse, to understand …

The disproportionate disease and mortality burden of African Americans are among the most
challenging public health issues in the United States today. Nationally, African Americans …

Aim: Probucol has antioxidant as well as cholesterol-lowering effects. We examined the
effect of pro-bucol on the progression of diabetic nephropathy. We named this study ‘Sakura …

Aim: The cardio-ankle vascular stiffness index (CAVI) is a new parameter that reflects the
stiffness of the aorta, femoral artery and tibial artery as a whole. One of its conspicuous features …

The formal integration of traditional and conventional medicine has been touted as a prime
method to improve access to quality healthcare in Madagascar. This study draws on …

Contig8, a 45 kb region of the fourth chromosome of Drosophila ficusphila, was annotated
using the Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST), FlyBase, Clustal Omega, UCSC …

To clarify whether probucol and statins suppress oxidative stress in diabetic patients, we
studied the effects of probucol and the statin atorvastatin on urinary 8-hydroxy-2’…