Efficacy of continuous ingestion of dewaxed brown rice on the cognitive functions of the residents of elderly welfare facilities: A pilot test using crossover trial.

Compared with regular brown rice, dewaxed brown rice (DBR), prepared by excluding only the wax layer in the outermost layer of brown rice using a new rice milling technique, has improved water absorbency, digestibility, and taste. Dewaxed brown rice has a nutritional value close to that of brown rice and contains a large amount of lipopolysaccharides (LPS), which are known to improve the cognitive function of mice. In this study, we examined the effect of continuous DBR ingestion on the cognitive function of elderly people.

Effect of Continuous Dewaxed Brown Rice Ingestion on the Cognitive Function of Elderly Individuals.

Dewaxed brown rice (DBR), which is prepared by removing only the outermost wax layer of brown rice using a new rice milling technique, has improved water absorbency, digestibility, and taste compared to regular brown rice. DBR has a nutritional value close to that of brown rice, including a rich amount of lipopolysaccharides that are known to improve cognitive function in mice. This study thus aimed to verify the influence of continuous DBR ingestion on cognitive function among elderly individuals.

Dewaxed Brown Rice Feed Improves Fatty Liver in Obese and Diabetic Model Mice.

Background/aim: Dewaxed brown rice has macrophage activation ability via TLR4 and contains a high amount of lipopolysaccharides (LPS). It is expected that dewaxed brown rice can help prevent lifestyle diseases. In this study, the anti-obesity effect of dewaxed brown rice was investigated using obese and diabetic model mice.

Improvement Effect of Dewaxed Brown Rice on Constipation in Antibiotic-treated Mice.

Background/aim: A decrease in gastrointestinal motility causing weakened lipopolysaccharide (LPS) - toll-like receptor (TLR)4 signaling along with a decline in the number of enteric bacteria is known to be a cause of constipation due to the administration of antibiotics. A new type of brown rice with its wax layer removed, resulting in quick-cooking and tasty product, contains 100-times more LPS than polished white rice. In this study, the improvement effect on constipation due to intake of dewaxed brown rice was examined.

Dewaxed Brown Rice Contains a Significant Amount of Lipopolysaccharide Pointing to Macrophage Activation via TLRs.

Background/aim: Oral ingestion of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) has been shown to be effective in diseases' prevention. Brown rice contains large amounts of LPS not actively consumed because of bad taste. Recently, a new type of brown rice with its wax layer removed has been produced.

Treatments for the activating macrophages that reduces surgical stress and postoperative mortalities from bacterial infections and tumor metastases.

Background: Some of the mortalities caused by infectious diseases and/or distant metastases following surgery are thought to be due to immunological suppression. For this reason, techniques that reduce immunological suppression following surgery may reduce mortalities and/or incidences of micrometastases in distant organs.

Materials And Methods: Mice were anesthetized and their peritoneal cavities were opened for 30 min.

Cloning and characterization of a TNF-like protein of Plecoglossus altivelis (ayu fish).

Ayu TNF cDNA contains an open reading frame of 708bp encoding 235 amino acids. Poly adeniration (A) signal and eight AU-rich sequences were present in 858bp 3' UTR. Southern blot analysis indicated that ayu TNF is single-copy gene.

Molecular cloning and expression analysis of a macrophage-colony stimulating factor receptor-like gene from rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss.

The M-CSF and its receptor (M-CSFR, CSF-1R or c-fms proto-oncogene) system were initially implicated as essential in mammals for normal monocyte development as well as for pregnancy. To allow a comparison with the M-CSF and M-CSFR system of an oviparous animal, we cloned a M-CSFR-like gene from rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). The gene was cloned from a cDNA library of head kidney.