ACE inhibition with perindopril and endothelial function. Results of a substudy of the EUROPA study: PERTINENT

Objectives: EUropean trial on Reduction Of cardiac events with Perindopril in stable coronary Artery disease [EUROPA] demonstrates reduction in cardiovascular mortality and myocardial infarction for a possible vascular and antiatherosclerotic effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibition with perindopril. Our objective was to study...

Chronic PYY3-36 treatment promotes fat oxidation and ameliorates insulin resistance in C57BL6 mice

PYY3-36 is a gut-derived hormone acting on hypothalamic nuclei to inhibit food intake. We recently showed that PYY3-36 acutely reinforces insulin action on glucose disposal in mice. We aimed to evaluate effects of PYY3-36 on energy metabolism and the impact of chronic PYY3-36 treatment on insulin sensitivity. Mice received a single injection of...

Effect of the routine professional application of topical fluoride on caries and treatment experience in adolescents of low socio-economic status in The Netherlands

The purpose of this study was to study the effect of professionally applied topical fluoride on oral health status at the population level in adolescents with low socio-economic status. Adolescents attending dental clinics where professional fluoride application was a routine procedure (high-fluoride group) were compared to adolescents from...

REACH Worker Exposure Assessments: Ensuring Meaningful Health Risk Communication

Objectives: Within the chemical legislation, REACH was implemented in order to improve safe working conditions with hazardous substances. Literature and real-life experiences by those concerned have shown that there are still gaps with a need for improved risk communication. This study elaborated on how information provided by REACH is...

Subchronic inhalation toxicity of amorphous silicas and quartz dust in rats

The inhalation toxicity of three amorphous silicas (Aerosol 200, Aerosil R 974 and Sipernat 22S) was compared with that of quartz dust. Rast were exposed to 1, 6 or 30 mg Aerosil 200/m3, 30 mg Aerosil R 974/m3, 30 mg Sipernat 22S/m3 or 60 mg quartz/m3 for 6 hr/day, 5 day/wk for 13 wk. Some rats were killed at the end of the exposure period and...

Influence of apo E polymorphism on the response to simvastatin treatment in patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia

In a group of 120 patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) the influence of the apolipoprotein E (apoE) polymorphism on pre-treatment plasma lipid levels and on the response to treatment with simvastatin was studied. The apoE phenotype distribution did not differ significantly between the FH group and a sample group of the...

Thrombus detection using a Tc-99m labelled antifibrin monoclonal antibody (MoAb) experiments in vitro and in animals

This paper describes the production and characterization of an antifibrin monoclonal antibody, produced by immunizing mice with fibrinogen degradation fragment by the antibody (designated Y22) is directed against a conformation dependent epitope in the D-domain of fibrin Y22 was labeled with the radionuclide Tc-99m. Experiments in vitro and in...

Secular changes of growth in the Netherlands

Trace element intake in Europe: Safe and adequate?

Plasma levels of apolipoprotein E and cognitive function in old age

The relationship between structural variants of the apolipoprotein E gene, APOE ε2/ε3/ε4, and dementia is well established, whereas the relationship of plasma apoE levels with dementia is less clear. Plasma apoE levels are under tight genetic control but vary widely within the various genotypes indicating that the APOE ε2/ε3/ε4 locus explains...

Plasma levels of apolipoprotein E and risk of stroke in old age

Recently, high plasma apoE levels have been shown to be related to increased cardiovascular mortality, independent of APOE genotype. Here we studied the association of plasma apoE levels with risk of stroke. Within the Leiden 85-plus Study, a prospective population-based study of 561 subjects aged 85 years, we measured plasma apoE level and...

Nutrition assessment and dietary guidelines: Experience from the Dutch Nutrition Surveillance System

Effect of moderate alcohol consumption on fibrinogen levels in healthy volunteers is discordant with effects on C-reactive protein

In a diet-controlled, crossover trial with 10 middle-aged men and 9 postmenopausal women, baseline concentrations of fibrinogen influenced the magnitude of decrease of fibrinogen after moderate alcohol consumption. The mechanism of reduction is specific for fibrinogen and unrelated to a reduction in C-reactive protein.

Nutritional factors in lung, colon, and prostate carcinogenesis in animal models

Dietary factors are now considered to be among the most important environmental risk determinations for cancer. In addition to epidemiological studies, experimental animal studies are an important tool to investigate dietary modulation in carcinogenesis. Results of recent experimental studies on the effect of some nutrients indicate that vitamin...

Doppler haematotachographie: interpretatieproblemen env nieuwe mogelijkheden

Surveillance of acute flaccid paralysis in the Netherlands, 1992-94