Dance-based aerobic exercise may improve indices of falling risk in older women.

Objective: to determine the effect of dance-based aerobic exercise on indices of falling in older women.

Design: an exercise intervention trial with participants assigned either to an exercise group or to a control group.

Setting: an exercise hall at a community centre for senior citizens.

Mutations in the XPD gene in xeroderma pigmentosum group D cell strains: confirmation of genotype-phenotype correlation.

Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) is a sun-sensitive and cancer-prone genetic disorder consisting of seven genetically distinct complementation groups (groups A-G). XP group D (XP-D) is a heterogeneous group. Mutations in the XPD gene (XPD) can exhibit three distinct clinical phenotypes: XP, trichothiodystrophy (TTD), or XP combined with Cockayne syndrome.

Enhanced spontaneous and aflatoxin-induced liver tumorigenesis in xeroderma pigmentosum group A gene-deficient mice.

Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) is an autosomal recessive hereditary disease featuring defective nucleotide excision repair (NER). XP patients are highly sensitive to sunlight and develop skin cancer at an early age. While the fact that XP patients have a large increase in mortality from skin cancers has been extensively documented, the relation between XP and internal tumors has received little attention.

Seasonal variation of alterations in exercise-induced body composition in obese Japanese women.

Although many investigations have been conducted to determine the effects of exercise and/or diet prescription, seasonal variations in weight loss have not been thoroughly investigated in Japan. The present investigation was undertaken to determine seasonal variations in body composition and anthropometric characteristics during a weight-loss program. One hundred and twenty-seven women [mean (SD) age 44.

Translocation of Cockayne syndrome group A protein to the nuclear matrix: possible relevance to transcription-coupled DNA repair.

Transcription-coupled repair (TCR) efficiently removes a variety of lesions from the transcribed strand of active genes. By allowing rapid resumption of RNA synthesis, the process is of major importance for cellular resistance to transcription-blocking genotoxic damage. Mutations in the Cockayne syndrome group A or B (CSA or CSB) gene result in defective TCR.

Body composition prediction equations based on bioelectrical impedance and anthropometric variables for Japanese obese women.

The tetrapolar bioelectrical impedance (BI) technique has been proposed as a convenient, valid approach to estimate body composition in normal, healthy adults. However, the validity of the BI technique for obese individuals is undetermined. The purpose of this study was to determine the validity of body composition estimated from the BI method when compared to underwater weighing with correction for residual volume, and to develop a convenient, useful equation that would sufficiently predict body composition of Japanese obese women.