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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Lucy Rebecca Davies, Volker Loeschcke, Mads F. Schou, Andreas Schramm, Torsten N. Kristensen
Summary: The study found significant differences in macronutrient composition and microbial community of food samples across seasons in a natural environment. However, the stress resistance and life-history traits of fruit flies were unaffected by these seasonal variations, suggesting that the interactions between microbes and nutrients in a varied nutritional environment play a crucial role in offsetting the negative effects of unfavorable macronutrient compositions.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Huda Al Hourani, Buthaina Alkhatib, Islam Al-Shami, Amin N. Olaimat, Murad Al-Holy, Narmeen Jamal Al-Awwad, Mahmoud Abughoush, Nada A. Saleh, Dima AlHalaika, Omar Alboqai, Ayoub Al-Jawaldeh
Summary: Jordan has not conducted a nutrition survey before to determine nutrient and energy intakes. A recent study aimed to investigate the energy and macronutrient consumption of the Jordanian population. Through a cross-sectional food consumption study, 2145 males and females aged 8 to 85 years old were assessed using two non-consecutive 24-hour dietary recalls. The study found that there is a need to take action in all age groups to rectify the deviation of energy and macronutrient intakes from the recommended dietary allowances.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
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Fisheries
Sara Puchol, Esther Leal, Rita Angotzi, Jesus Rosel, Sofia Morais, Jose Miguel Cerda-Reverter
Summary: This study used self-feeding systems to investigate feeding behavior and dietary discrimination in seabream. The results showed that seabream can easily discriminate bitter compounds and display negative preference towards them. Additionally, the study found that food intake is influenced by agonistic behavior and age.
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Ecology
Sergey M. Golubkov, Valentina S. Kotelnikova, Ivan Pozdeev
Summary: Understanding the feeding ecology of fishes is crucial for conservation and the understanding of ecological processes. This study investigated the diet of the Russian spirlin in different river habitats, revealing differences in food niches and specialization. Spirlins predominantly consumed terrestrial prey in fast-flowing streams, while they consumed aquatic prey in slower-flowing watercourses. The study also found that spirlins primarily fed on insect species and did not consume other invertebrates that dominated the benthos, contributing to resource partitioning.
ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISHES
(2022)
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Food Science & Technology
Asha Nadabar, Shailaja S. Patil, Ashlesha Datar, Rebecca Jones-Antwi, Solveig A. Cunningham
Summary: This study aimed to understand the familiarity and consumption patterns of local, national, and global foods among adults in a newly globalizing district in India. The results showed that the majority of respondents reported consuming local food items more frequently than national or global items. Accessibility, taste, and healthfulness were identified as key factors influencing food choice. Understanding these food choices can help inform efforts to improve nutrition as non-local food items become more prevalent in India's non-metropolitan areas.
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Nutrition & Dietetics
Abbi R. Hernandez, Keri M. Kemp, Sara N. Burke, Thomas W. Buford, Christy S. Carter
Summary: The study suggests that age- and disease-related gut dysbiosis can be improved through the use of time-restricted feeding (TRF) with both standard diets and ketogenic diets (KD).
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Behavioral Sciences
Everett Altherr, Aundrea Rainwater, Darian Kaviani, Qijun Tang, Ali D. Guler
Summary: The study suggests that long-term consumption of a high-fat diet reduces preference and consumption of high-calorie foods, associated with changes in mesolimbic dopamine signaling, and these changes can be mitigated by exercise.
BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH
(2021)
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Entomology
Nina Kroencke, Rainer Benning
Summary: This study examined the feasibility of using different substrates as feed for mealworm larvae. The results showed that wheat bran and flour, oat bran and flakes, maize hulls, and other plant components were the most suitable substrates for rearing mealworm larvae. Regardless of age, the larvae required high levels of carbohydrates and proteins and low levels of fats and minerals.
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Entomology
Songkai Liao, Haoyu Lin, Jiajin Wang, Qi Wang, Hongjian Wei, Hui Chen
Summary: This study investigates the host preference of Perina nuda (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) on different banyan tree species and finds that larval feeding preference changes with instar and feeding experience.
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY
(2023)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Yuguo Xia, Qianfu Liu, Shuli Zhu, Yuefei Li, Xinhui Li, Jie Li
Summary: This study used 18S rRNA sequencing to identify the taxonomic composition of water and fish gut samples of silver carp. The results showed significant seasonal and spatial variations in the taxonomic compositions. Environmental factors like temperature, total phosphorus, chlorophyll a, ammonia, and distance from the dam significantly affected the water's taxonomic composition. Feeding selectivity analysis revealed that silver carp had certain preferences in prey selection but showed slight changes in spatial and temporal variations.
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Nutrition & Dietetics
Katherine M. Livingstone, Gavin Abbott, Karen E. Lamb, Kate Dullaghan, Tony Worsley, Sarah A. McNaughton
Summary: Nutrition content was found to be the most important influence on young adults' meal choices, with taste, cost, quality, and preparation time also playing a role in decision-making. Preferences varied by sex, socioeconomic position, diet quality, and weight status, highlighting the need for tailored meal-based interventions based on demographic and health characteristics.
JOURNAL OF NUTRITION
(2021)
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Food Science & Technology
Anouk E. M. Hendriks-Hartensveld, Jennifer L. Brodock, John E. Hayes, Barbara J. Rolls, Kathleen L. Keller, Remco C. Havermans
Summary: This study investigates the relative importance of food variety, complexity, and portion size in consumer food preferences. The results show that variety is a stronger driver of ice cream preference than complexity, and flavor is more important than portion size. American participants prefer larger portion sizes compared to Dutch participants.
FOOD QUALITY AND PREFERENCE
(2022)
Editorial Material
Psychology, Developmental
Megan Van Hoorn, Mary Beth Feuling, Kim Allen, Rashelle Berry, Shonda Brown, Christine M. Sullivan, Praveen S. Goday
Summary: This paper discusses the issue of pediatric feeding disorder and lack of dietary diversity in children, providing an understanding and measurement method for this problem, and proposing an overview of a management strategy to improve dietary diversity.
JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
(2023)
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Nutrition & Dietetics
Shauna M. Downs, Elizabeth L. Fox, Vincent Mutuku, Zacharia Muindi, Tasneem Fatima, Irena Pavlovic, Sana Husain, Minna Sabbahi, Simon Kimenju, Selena Ahmed
Summary: This study used mixed methods to characterize the food environment in informal settlements in Nairobi and examine the factors influencing women's food choices in those environments. The study found a large number of vendors selling various food items, with limited diversity of fruits and relatively expensive animal-source foods. Women's interactions with the food environment were influenced by individual factors such as income, time, convenience, and preferences. The findings suggest that interventions targeting both the external food environment and individual factors such as income are necessary to promote healthy diets among low-income populations in informal settlements in Kenya.
Review
Food Science & Technology
Edoardo Capuano, Anja E. M. Janssen
Summary: Food digestion plays a crucial role in the physiological interaction between food and health. It involves breaking down the food matrix and absorbing nutrients and bioactive compounds through mechanical, chemical, and biochemical processes. Understanding how the food matrix is digested can help elucidate the complex effects of food on human health and design functional foods with improved properties.
ANNUAL REVIEW OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, VOL 12, 2021
(2021)
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Cell Biology
Maryam Gulshan, Keisuke Yaku, Keisuke Okabe, Arshad Mahmood, Tsutomu Sasaki, Masashi Yamamoto, Keisuke Hikosaka, Isao Usui, Tadahiro Kitamura, Kazuyuki Tobe, Takashi Nakagawa
Meeting Abstract
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Takayoshi Suga, Osamu Kikuchi, Masaki Kobayashi, Sho Matsui, Hiromi H. Hashimoto, Tsutomu Sasaki, Satoru Kakizaki, Masanobu Yamada, Tadahiro Kitamura
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Neurosciences
Tsutomu Sasaki, Rika Numano, Hiromi Yokota-Hashimoto, Sho Matsui, Naobumi Kimura, Hideyuki Takeuchi, Tadahiro Kitamura
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Sho Matsui, Tsutomu Sasaki, Daisuke Kohno, Keisuke Yaku, Ayumu Inutsuka, Hiromi Yokota-Hashimoto, Osamu Kikuchi, Takayoshi Suga, Masaki Kobayashi, Akihiro Yamanaka, Akihiro Harada, Takashi Nakagawa, Tatsushi Onaka, Tadahiro Kitamura
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2018)
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
Takayoshi Suga, Osamu Kikuchi, Masaki Kobayashi, Sho Matsui, Hiromi Yokota-Hashimoto, Eri Wada, Daisuke Kohno, Tsutomu Sasaki, Kazusane Takeuchi, Satoru Kakizaki, Masanobu Yamada, Tadahiro Kitamura
MOLECULAR METABOLISM
(2019)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Tetsuya Hosooka, Yusei Hosokawa, Kaku Matsugi, Masakazu Shinohara, Yoko Senga, Yoshikazu Tamori, Chikako Aoki, Sho Matsui, Tsutomu Sasaki, Tadahiro Kitamura, Masashi Kuroda, Hiroshi Sakaue, Kazuhiro Nomura, Kei Yoshino, Yuko Nabatame, Yoshito Itoh, Kanji Yamaguchi, Yoshitake Hayashi, Jun Nakae, Domenico Accili, Takehiko Yokomizo, Susumu Seino, Masato Kasuga, Wataru Ogawa
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2020)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Hirotsugu Uzawa, Daisuke Kohno, Tomoaki Koga, Tsutomu Sasaki, Ayako Fukunaka, Toshiaki Okuno, Airi Jo-Watanabe, Saiko Kazuno, Takeshi Miyatsuka, Tadahiro Kitamura, Yoshio Fujitani, Hirotaka Watada, Kazuko Saeki, Takehiko Yokomizo
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Parasitology
Ha Ngo-Thanh, Tsutomu Sasaki, Kazutomo Suzue, Hideaki Yokoo, Koji Isoda, Wataru Kamitani, Chikako Shimokawa, Hajime Hisaeda, Takashi Imai
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY
(2020)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Takahiro Horie, Tetsushi Nakao, Yui Miyasaka, Tomohiro Nishino, Shigenobu Matsumura, Fumiko Nakazeki, Yuya Ide, Masahiro Kimura, Shuhei Tsuji, Randolph Ruiz Rodriguez, Toshimitsu Watanabe, Tomohiro Yamasaki, Sijia Xu, Chiharu Otani, Sawa Miyagawa, Kazuki Matsushita, Naoya Sowa, Aoi Omori, Jin Tanaka, Chika Nishimura, Masataka Nishiga, Yasuhide Kuwabara, Osamu Baba, Shin Watanabe, Hitoo Nishi, Yasuhiro Nakashima, Marina R. Picciotto, Haruhisa Inoue, Dai Watanabe, Kazuhiro Nakamura, Tsutomu Sasaki, Takeshi Kimura, Koh Ono
Summary: Adaptive thermogenesis is regulated by central neuronal circuits. MicroRNA-33 in the brain contributes to the maintenance of brown adipose tissue thermogenesis and whole-body energy balance via enhanced sympathetic nerve tone, and regulating the expression of GABAa receptor subunits.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
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Oncology
Ryo Kawakami, Miki Matsui, Ayumu Konno, Ryosuke Kaneko, Shreya Shrestha, Suman Shrestha, Hiroaki Sunaga, Hirofumi Hanaoka, Sawako Goto, Michihiro Hosojima, Hideyuki Kabasawa, Masaru Obokata, Norimichi Koitabashi, Hiroki Matsui, Tsutomu Sasaki, Akihiko Saito, Motoko Yanagita, Hirokazu Hirai, Masahiko Kurabayashi, Tatsuya Iso
Summary: Urinary fatty acid binding protein 1 is identified as a biomarker for acute kidney injury, with its elevation primarily reflecting impaired protein reabsorption in proximal tubule epithelial cells.
JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY
(2021)
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
Tae Hoon Kim, Steven L. Young, Tsutomu Sasaki, Jeffrey L. Deaton, David P. Schammel, Wilder Alberto Palomino, Jae-Wook Jeong, Bruce A. Lessey
Summary: The study revealed that SIRT1 expression in the endometrium is associated with progesterone resistance and normal endometrial function, while aberrant SIRT1 expression may contribute to progesterone resistance and the pathophysiology of endometriosis. SIRT1 serves as a novel and targetable protein for the diagnosis and treatment of endometriosis and infertility associated with this disease.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
(2022)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Eri Wada, Masaki Kobayashi, Daisuke Kohno, Osamu Kikuchi, Takayoshi Suga, Sho Matsui, Hiromi Yokota-Hashimoto, Norikiyo Honzawa, Yuichi Ikeuchi, Haruka Tsuneoka, Touko Hirano, Hideru Obinata, Tsutomu Sasaki, Tadahiro Kitamura
Summary: Protein and branched chain amino acids (BCAAs) were found to be the main nutrients that stimulate glucagon secretion in diabetic state, with BCAAs directly increasing intracellular calcium concentration in alpha cells. Inhibiting BCAAs transport led to reduced glucagon secretion, indicating disordered BCAA catabolism in diabetic islets.
JOURNAL OF NUTRITIONAL BIOCHEMISTRY
(2021)
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
Yuri Kondo, Atsushi Ozawa, Daisuke Kohno, Kazuma Saito, Battsetseg Buyandalai, Sayaka Yamada, Kazuhiko Horiguchi, Yasuyo Nakajima, Nobuyuki Shibusawa, Akihiro Harada, Hideaki Yokoo, Hideo Akiyama, Tsutomu Sasaki, Tadahiro Kitamura, Masanobu Yamada
Summary: Through studying PVN-TRHKO mice, the authors found that the PVN is the center of the HPT axis, responsible for regulating thyroid hormone levels, with serum TSH levels not decreasing in tertiary hypothyroidism. TRH from the PVN regulates prolactin, while TRH from non-PVN sources regulates glucose metabolism.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Satoshi Tsuzuki, Yusaku Kimoto, Keita Marui, Shinhye Lee, Kazuo Inoue, Tsutomu Sasaki
Summary: CD36 plays a role in capturing specific volatile odorants in the mammalian olfactory system by being expressed in the murine olfactory epithelium and recognizing certain fatty aldehydes.
BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
(2022)
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Medicine, Research & Experimental
Satoshi Tsuzuki, Yusaku Kimoto, Masayuki Yamasaki, Tatsuya Sugawara, Yuki Manabe, Kazuo Inoue, Tsutomu Sasaki
Summary: CD36 is a cell-surface receptor that recognizes diverse substances. A fluorescence intensity assay provided evidence supporting direct and specific binding between the CD36 segment and fatty aldehydes, but failed to illustrate specific interactions with fatty acids. This study offers further insight into biologically relevant ligands and the role of CD36 in protein-lipid interactions evaluation.
BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH-TOKYO
(2021)