Phosphatidylcholine-Plasmalogen-Oleic Acid Reduces BACE1 Expression in Human SH-SY5Y Cells.

Plasmalogens are a family of glycerophospholipids containing one vinyl-ether bond at the sn-1 position in the glycerol backbone, and play important roles in cellular homeostasis including neural transmission. Therefore, reductions of plasmalogens have been associated with neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). To evaluate the potential protective effects of plasmalogens against the pathology of AD, protein expression levels of key factors in amyloid precursor protein (APP) metabolic processes were examined using human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells.

Phosphatidylcholine-Plasmalogen-Oleic Acid Has Protective Effects against Arachidonic Acid-Induced Cytotoxicity.

Plasmalogens are a group of glycerophospholipids containing a vinyl-ether bond at the sn-1 position in the glycerol backbone. Cellular membrane plasmalogens are considered to have important roles in homeostasis as endogenous antioxidants, differentiation, and intracellular signal transduction pathways including neural transmission. Therefore, reduced levels of plasmalogens have been suggested to be associated with neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease.

Abdominal pregnancy implanted on surface of pedunculated subserosal uterine leiomyoma: A case report.

Abdominal pregnancy is a rare form of ectopic pregnancy. Various sites of implantation in abdominal pregnancy have been reported. Uterine serosa is an extremely rare implantation site, with only a few cases reported to date.

Ovarian abscess caused by in a patient with endometriosis.

is a rarely encountered pathogen that easily induces bacteremia. Various foci of infection have been reported; however, no case of adnexal abscess caused by has been reported in the English literature. We herein report a case of ovarian abscess caused by .

Resolution of dopamine agonist-resistant hyperprolactinemia by hysterectomy: a case report.

Prolactin-producing uterine leiomyomas are very rare. Although hyperprolactinemia rapidly improves after removal of such leiomyomas, no preoperative diagnostic test has been established for prolactin-producing uterine leiomyomas. A 45-year-old Japanese woman, gravida 3 para 3, was referred to our hospital for further examination of hyperprolactinemia resistant to a dopamine agonist.

Steroid Pulse Therapy for De Novo Minimal Change Disease During Pregnancy.

BACKGROUND Nephrotic syndrome occurs very rarely, in only about 0.01%-0.02% of all pregnancies, and de novo minimal change disease during pregnancy is especially rare.