Hovenia dulcis Extract Attenuates High-Fat Diet-Induced Hepatic Lipid Accumulation and Hypertriglyceridemia in C57BL/6 Mice.

The effects of dietary supplementation with aqueous Hovenia dulcis Thunb. extract (HDE) (20 weeks) on high-fat diet (HFD)-induced nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and dyslipidemia were evaluated in mice. Supplementation with 200 and 800 mg/kg feed HDE (HDE200 and HDE800, respectively) resulted in no significant difference in growth in the HFD-fed groups.

The relationship between catastrophic health expenditure and health-related quality of life.

Objectives: The objective of our study was to investigate the relationship between catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in general population.

Methods: We used Korean Health Panel Survey data from 2011 to 2013, which included data from 8850 baseline participants of 19 years of age or older. We defined CHE as total annual out-of-pocket health payment that was 40% greater than the household's capacity to pay.

The effect of job loss on depressive symptoms: The results from the Korean Welfare Panel Study (2007-2013).

Background: Unemployment is closely associated with depressive symptoms. We conducted analysis to find whether the job loss increased the risk of depressive symptoms according to job status, occupation and tenure.

Methods: Data were collected from Korean Welfare Panel Study (KOWEPS) from 2007 to 2013.

The association between loss of work ability and depression: a focus on employment status.

Purpose: Work-related factors are one of the known risk factors for depression. Given that the ability to work is considered an important aspect of well-being and health status, we investigated the association between the loss of work ability and depression. We further examined the association stratified by employment status.

Divergent mechanisms in generating molecular variations of alphaRYR and betaRYR in turkey skeletal muscle.

(1) Molecular variations in two turkey skeletal muscle ryanodine receptor gene isoforms, alphaRYR and betaRYR, were analyzed by cloning and sequencing the entire cDNAs of the two isoforms. (2) Ten alternative splicing transcript variants (ASTVs) in the alphaRYR isoform were identified. These variants were clustered in three alternative splicing regions (ASRs).

Differential gene profiles in developing embryo and fetus after in utero exposure to ethanol.

Alcohol consumption during pregnancy results in morphological abnormalities in the fetuses of humans and experimental animals, and is referred to as fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). However, the molecular mechanism underlying FAS has not been completely elucidated. The aim of the present study was to investigate the potential molecular mechanisms of ethanol-induced FAS in the developing embryo and fetus.