Journal of Nutrition & Food Sciences
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Department of Medical Technology, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Okayama University, 2-5-1, Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan

Biography

Shinichi Usui, Department of Medical Technology, Graduate School of  Health Sciences, Okayama University, 2-5-1, Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan; International experience includes various programs, contributions and participation in different countries for diverse fields of study.

Publications

• Research   
  Bile Acid Metabolism is an Intermediary Factor between Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis and Ischemic Heart Disease in SHRSP5/Dmcr Rats
  Author(s): Shota Kumazaki, Mayu Nakamura, Shun Sasaki, Rina Tagashira, Nozomi Maruyama, Ikumi Sato, Shusei Yamamoto, Shang Ran, Shinichi Usui, Ryoko Shinohata, Takashi Ohtsuki, Satoshi Hirohata, Kazuya Kitamori, Mari Mori, Yukio Yamori and Shogo Watanabe*
  
  The non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) increases the cardiovascular risk regardless of risk factors in metabolic syndrome. The stroke-prone (SP) spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRSP5/Dmcr), fed a high-fat and -cholesterol (HFC) diet and administered Nω-Nitro-L-arginine methyl ester hydrochloride (L-NAME) presented NASH and cardiovascular disease. However, the intermediary factors between NASH and cardiovascular risk are still unknown. We investigated whether bile acids (BAs) play an intermediary role between NASH and cardiovascular disease in SHRSP5/Dmcr rats. SHRSP5/Dmcr rats divided into 2 groups were fed an SP (non-NASH group, n=7) or HFC diet (NASH group, n=10) for 8 weeks. L-NAME was administered intraperitoneally in the final 2 weeks. In the NASH group, total BA levels were increased in both serum and liver; they aggravated the endothelial dysfunction in aorta, which i.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2155-9600.19.9.1000763

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