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Short-term consumption of highly processed diets varying in macronutrient content impair the sense of smell and brain metabolism in mice
Makhlouf M, Souza D, Kurian S, Bellaver B, Ellis H, Kuboki A, Al-Naama A, Hasnah R, Venturin G, da Costa J, Venugopal N, Manoel D, Mennella J, Reisert J, Tordoff M, Zimmer E, Saraiva L. Short-term consumption of highly processed diets varying in macronutrient content impair the sense of smell and brain metabolism in mice. Molecular Metabolism 2023, 79: 101837. PMID: 37977411, PMCID: PMC10724696, DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2023.101837.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMacronutrient contentIncrease food safetyGrain-based dietShort-term consumptionElectro-olfactogramFood safetyProcessed dietsFood processingBrain regionsBrain metabolismOdor-guided behaviorStandard chow dietShort-term intakeDietGlucose metabolism imagingHigh-fat dietFoodResponses to odorantsBrain glucose metabolismOlfactory mucosaModern dietFood consumptionChow dietChronic consumptionMetabolic phenotypeDifferential regulation of the immune system in a brain-liver-fats organ network during short-term fasting
Huang S, Makhlouf M, AbouMoussa E, Segura M, Mathew L, Wang K, Leung M, Chaussabel D, Logan D, Scialdone A, Garand M, Saraiva L. Differential regulation of the immune system in a brain-liver-fats organ network during short-term fasting. Molecular Metabolism 2020, 40: 101038. PMID: 32526449, PMCID: PMC7339127, DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2020.101038.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsShort-term fastingGene Ontology enrichment analysisOntology enrichment analysisReactome pathway analysisInnate immune signalingCombination of multivariate analysisImmune systemPriming of adaptive immunityChronic immunological disordersTranscriptional dynamicsGene setsGene OntologyWhite adipose tissueAdipose tissueProtein dataRNA sequencingBrown adipose tissueExpression analysisEnrichment analysisImmune signalingProfiles of miceDifferential regulationBiological pathwaysPathway analysisMolecular mechanisms
2015
Molecular and neuronal homology between the olfactory systems of zebrafish and mouse
Saraiva L, Ahuja G, Ivandic I, Syed A, Marioni J, Korsching S, Logan D. Molecular and neuronal homology between the olfactory systems of zebrafish and mouse. Scientific Reports 2015, 5: 11487. PMID: 26108469, PMCID: PMC4480006, DOI: 10.1038/srep11487.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDegree of molecular conservationYears of evolutionary divergenceVomeronasal organOlfactory mucosaOlfactory organChemosensory receptor genesOlfactory systemTranscriptome of miceDual olfactory systemEvolutionary divergenceMolecular conservationNeuronal homologRepertoire sizeRNA abundanceMolecular relationshipsCell-specific markersClasses of neuronsMolecular basisChemosensory receptorsMarker genesOrgans of rodentsAbsolute abundanceZebrafishReceptor geneVertebrates