Next-generation text-mining mediated generation of chemical response-specific gene sets for interpretation of gene expression data

Background: Availability of chemical response-specific lists of genes (gene sets) for pharmacological and/or toxic effect prediction for compounds is limited. We hypothesize that more gene sets can be created by next-generation text mining (next-gen TM), and that these can be used with gene set analysis (GSA) methods for chemical treatment...

Dietary 135-fold cholecalciferol supplementation severely disturbs the endochondral ossification in growing dogs

The effects of excessive non-toxic dietary Vitamin D3 supplementation on Ca homeostasis with specific effects on endochondral ossification and skeletal remodeling were investigated in a group of growing Great Dane dogs supplemented with cholecalciferol (Vitamin D3; HVitD) versus a control group (CVitD) (1350 μg versus 11.4 μg Vitamin D3 per...

Moderate cholecalciferol supplementation depresses intestinal calcium absorption in growing dogs

Hormonal regulation of calcium (Ca) absorption was investigated in a cholecalciferol (vitamin D3)supplemented group (hVitD) vs. a control group (cVitD) of growing Great Danes (100 vs. 12.5 μg vitamin D3/kg diet). Although Ca intakes did not differ, fractional Ca absorption was significantly lower in the hVitD group than in the cVitD group. There...

Selective inhibition of mitochondrial 27-hydroxylation of bile acid intermediates and 25-hydroxylation of vitamin D3 by cyslosporin A

It was demonstrated recently that cyclosporin A blocks bile acid synthesis in cultured rat and human hepatocytes by specific inhibition of chenodeoxycholic acid formation. The site of inhibition was found to be the 27-hydroxylation of cholesterol catalysed by the liver mitochondrial 27-hydroxylase. In this paper the mechanism by which...