Background: The available evidence on the effects of daylight saving time (DST) transitions
on major cardiovascular diseases is limited and conflicting. We carried out the first meta …

Non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the accumulation of triglycerides in the
hepatocytes in the absence of excess alcohol intake, and is caused by an imbalance …

Abstract Background and Aims The frequency and timing of meals may affect cardiovascular
health (CVH) outcomes, but large-scale epidemiological studies are lacking. The aim of this …

Simultaneous analysis of the transcripts of thousands of genes by cDNA microarrays allows
the identification of genetic regulatory mechanisms involved in disease pathophysiology …

Objectives Emerging evidence suggests that maternal obesity (MO) predisposes offspring to
obesity and the recently described non-alcoholic fatty pancreas disease (NAFPD) but …

The continued existence of living beings on planet Earth is taunted, especially in the wild, by
environmental challenges as well as changes of ecological niches and life conditions, such …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD), which is the leading cause of death worldwide, is strongly
affected by diet. Diet can affect CVD directly by modulating the composition of vascular …

Objective. The NOCTURNIN gene links nutrient absorption and metabolism to the circadian
clock. Shift workers are at a heightened risk of overweight and of developing obesity and …

Umbilical cord blood (UCB) contains hematopoietic stem cells and multipotent
mesenchymal cells useful for treatment in malignant/nonmalignant hematologic …

Several different signaling pathways that regulate cell proliferation and differentiation are
initiated by binding of ligands to cell-surface and membrane-bound enzyme-linked …