Saturated Fats : Metabolism, Disease Risks, and Public Awareness.

Intro -- SATURATED FATS METABOLISM, DISEASE RISKS AND PUBLIC AWARENESS -- SATURATED FATS METABOLISM, DISEASE RISKS AND PUBLIC AWARENESS -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter I Dietary Macronutrients, Plasma Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Disease Risk -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Dietary Cholesterol, Serum Cholesterol and Cardiovascular Disease -- Types of Dietary Fats -- Saturated Fats, Plasma Lipids and Mechanisms of Action -- Major Types of Saturated Fatty Acid -- Palmitic Acid -- Myristric Acid -- Stearic Acid -- Saturated Fats and Heart Disease Risk -- Saturated Fat, Vascular Inflammation and Endothelium -- Saturated Fats and Insulin Resistance -- Unsaturated Fats -- Monounsaturated Fats and CHD Risk -- Trans Fatty Acid and CHD Risk -- Polyunsaturated Fats and CHD Risk -- Linoleic Acid- N-6 PUFA -- Alpha Linolenic Acid-N-3 PUFA -- Fish Oil - N-3 PUFA -- Carbohydrates, Plasma Lipids and Lipoproteins -- Carbohydrates and Metabolic Syndrome -- Carbohydrates and Cardiovascular Disease Risk -- Areas of Uncertainty -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter II Modulation of Dietary Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA) Effects by Saturated Fats -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Some Biological Effects of Conjugated Linoleic Acid -- 3. Nutritional Aspects of Saturated Fats from Vegetable and Animal Origins -- 4. Effects of Conjugated Linoleic Acid and Palm Oil on Normal-Weight Wistar Rats -- 4.1. Influence on the Fatty Acid Composition of Hepatic Polar and Neutral Lipids -- 4.2. Looking for Morphometrical Features of Adipocyte Cells from Visceral Fat Tissue -- 4.3. Disclosing Water and Glycerol Permeabilities in Kidney Membranes -- 5. Effects of Conjugated Linoleic Acid and Vegetable or Animal Saturated Fats on Obese Zucker Rats -- 5.1. Assessing Deposition of CLA Isomers and Other Fatty Acids in Hepatic and Muscle Tissues.

5.2. Inflammatory Response and Related Fatty Acid Composition of Adipose Tissues -- 5.3. Exploiting Apoptosis in Visceral Fat Tissue and Lipotoxic Liver -- 5.4. Disclosing Water and Glycerol Permeabilities in Visceral Adipose Tissue -- 6. Overview of the Experiments in Normal-Weight Wistar versus Obese Zucker Rats -- 7. Conclusions and Possible Extrapolation to Humans -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter III Effects of Short- and Long-Term Saturated Fat-Enriched Diet on the Ceramide and Neutral Lipids Accumulation in the Insulin Responsive Tissues of Rats -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Materials and Methods -- Materials -- Animals -- Experiments on Liver, Diaphragm and Brain Cortex -- Experiments with Hepatocytes -- Determination pf Sphingolipids and Neutral Lipids Synthesis -- Extraction and Separation of Lipids -- Results and Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter IV Insect Lipids Mobilized by Adipokinetic Hormones -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Lipid Mobilization in Locusta Migratoria -- Lipid Mobilization in Pyrrhocoris Apterus -- Heterologous Assays -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter V Lipid Composition of Erythrocytes at Cardiovascular and Hepatobiliary Diseases -- Introduction -- The Diagnostic Information Value of Human Blood Fatty Acids -- Fatty Acid Composition of Blood Lipids: Age-Gender Aspects -- Specific Local Dietary or Environmental Factors -- Age- and Gender-Related Differences -- Fatty Acids of Erythrocyte Membrane and the Diagnosis of Cardiovascular Disease -- Specific Blood Lipid Alterations in Hepatobiliary Diseases -- References -- Chapter VI Fatty Acids and Immune System Functions: From Biological Properties to Clinical Consequences -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Immune System: A Brief Overview -- 2.1. Innate Immunity -- 2.2. Acquired Immunity.

3. Fatty Acids and Immune System: Biological Properties -- 3.1. Types of fatty Acids -- 3.2. Mechanisms of Action -- 3.2.1. Alteration of Membrane Fluidity -- 3.2.2. Eicosanoid Synthesis -- 3.2.3. Oxidative Alteration -- 3.2.4. Regulation of Gene Expression -- 3.2.5. Apoptosis -- 3.2.6. Other Hypothetical Considerations -- 3.3. Modulation of Immune System Functions by Dietary Lipids -- 3.3.1. Lymphocyte Proliferation -- 3.3.2. Cytokine Secretion -- 3.3.3. Natural Killer Cell Activity -- 3.3.4. Adhesion Molecules -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter Sources -- Index.

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