2019
Reduction in Serum Levels of Inflammatory Cytokines in Subjects Consuming the Fermented Soy Beverage Q-CAN® Plus (P19-010-19)
Mehal W, Suyavaran A, Dioletis E, Paiva R, Weiss T, Fields M, Ouyang X. Reduction in Serum Levels of Inflammatory Cytokines in Subjects Consuming the Fermented Soy Beverage Q-CAN® Plus (P19-010-19). Current Developments In Nutrition 2019, 3: nzz049.p19-010-19. PMCID: PMC6579392, DOI: 10.1093/cdn/nzz049.p19-010-19.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchObese subjectsSerum levelsInflammatory cytokinesIL-1raVisit 1Obese individualsHuman magnetic LuminexPDGF-AA levelsMethods Prospective studyKey inflammatory cytokinesAB/BBConclusion ConsumptionGMCSF levelsMagnetic LuminexVisit 7Clinic visitsCytokine levelsLean subjectsProspective studyVisit 3Visit 8Healthy subjectsMetabolic disordersTherapeutic phasePDGF-AA
2013
Effect of laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery on type 2 diabetes mellitus with hypertension: A randomized controlled trial
Liang Z, Wu Q, Chen B, Yu P, Zhao H, Ouyang X. Effect of laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery on type 2 diabetes mellitus with hypertension: A randomized controlled trial. Diabetes Research And Clinical Practice 2013, 101: 50-56. PMID: 23706413, DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2013.04.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsType 2 diabetes mellitusGastric bypass surgeryUsual careGroup CLaparoscopic RouxRYGB surgeryBypass surgeryDiabetes mellitusGroup ACardiac structure/functionDiabetes remissionExenatide therapyHypertensive peopleInflammation indexAntihypertensive drugsObese T2DMInflammatory cytokinesMetabolic panelCardiovascular functionGroup BMetabolic parametersObese peopleCardiac structureSurgeryHypertensionInflammasome biology in fibrogenesis
Ouyang X, Ghani A, Mehal WZ. Inflammasome biology in fibrogenesis. Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta 2013, 1832: 979-988. PMID: 23562491, DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2013.03.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInflammatory pathwaysInflammatory responseTissue injuryToll-like receptor agonistsAssociation of TGFPro-fibrotic pathwaysDownstream inflammatory cytokinesCytokines interleukin-1βAcute inflammatory responseTumor necrosis factorLiver stellate cellsNew therapeutic targetsNumber of organsTissue macrophage populationsIL-18Inflammatory cytokinesInterleukin-1βReceptor agonistFibrogenic responseImmune cellsNecrosis factorSterile insultsStellate cellsTherapeutic targetMacrophage populations