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item Nutrients and non-essential metals in darkibor kale grown at urban and rural farms (Apr 2024)
item ALOX15B controls macrophage cholesterol homeostasis via lipid peroxidation, ERK1/2 and SREBP2 (Apr 2024)
item Combined Alcohol Soluble Carbohydrate Determination (CASCADE) of Food (Feb 2024)
item Surveying nutrient assessment with photographs of meals (SNAPMe): a benchmark dataset of food photos for dietary assessment (Nov 2023)
item Analysis of strain, sex, and diet-dependent modulation of gut microbiota reveals candidate keystone organisms driving microbial diversity in response to American and ketogenic diets (Oct 2023)
item Improving anemia assessment in clinical and public health settings (Sep 2023)
item Cold-stimulated brown adipose tissue activation is related to changes in serum metabolites relevant to NAD+ metabolism in humans (Sep 2023)
item Examining infants visual paired comparison performance in the US and rural Malawi (Aug 2023)
item The effects of prenatal and postnatal high-dose vitamin B-12 supplementation on human milk vitamin B-12: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in Tanzania (Aug 2023)
item Adipocytes reprogram cancer cell metabolism by diverting glucose towards glycerol-3-phosphate thereby promoting metastasis (Aug 2023)
item Tai Chi exercise reduces circulating levels of inflammatory oxylipins in postmenopausal women with knee osteoarthritis: results from a pilot study (Aug 2023)
item The impacts of slc19a3 deletion and intestinal SLC19A3 insertion on thiamine distribution and brain metabolism in the mouse (Jul 2023)
item Creation of a milk oligosaccharide database, MilkOligoDB, reveals common structural motifs and extensive diversity across mammals (Jun 2023)
item Cumulative physiological stress is associated with age-related changes to peripheral T lymphocyte subsets in healthy humans (Jun 2023)
item Human milk macronutrients and child growth and body composition in the first 2 years: a systematic review (Jun 2023)
item Integrative analysis of hepatic transcriptional profiles reveals genetic regulation of atherosclerosis in hyperlipidemic Diversity Outbred-F1 mice (Jun 2023)
item Dietary docosahexaenoic acid and glucose systemic metabolic changes in the mouse (Jun 2023)
item TaxaHFE a machine learning approach to collapse microbiome datasets using taxonomic structure (Jun 2023)
item The effect of trimethoprim on thiamine absorption: A transporter-mediated drug-nutrient interaction (May 2023)
item Several serum lipid metabolites are associated with relapse risk in pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis (May 2023)
item Randomized crossover clinical trial of coenzyme Q10 and nicotinamide riboside in chronic kidney disease (May 2023)
item Plasma mineral status after a six-month intervention providing one egg per day to young Malawian children: A randomized controlled trial (Apr 2023)
item Chow diet in mouse aging studies: Nothing regular about it (Apr 2023)
item Associations among milk microbiota, milk fatty acids, milk glycans, and inflammation from lactating Holstein cows (Apr 2023)
item Investigating donor human milk composition globally to develop effective strategies for the nutritional care of preterm infants: Study protocol (Apr 2023)
item The effects of one egg per day on vitamin A status among young Malawian children: A secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial (Mar 2023)
item Usda-ars cross-sectional nutritional phenotyping study gut microbiota (Feb 2023)
item Prospective placebo-controlled assessment of spore-based probiotic supplementation on sebum production, skin barrier function, and acne (Jan 2023)
item Trimethylamine N-Oxide response to a mixed macronutrient tolerance test in a cohort of United States adults (Jan 2023)
item Dietary intake of monosaccharides from foods is associated with characteristics of the gut microbiota and gastrointestinal inflammation in healthy US adults (Dec 2022)
item The association between plasma choline, growth and neurodevelopment among Malawian children aged 6-15 months enrolled in an egg intervention trial (Dec 2022)
item A benchmark dataset of food photos with food records for evaluation of computer vision algorithms in the context of dietary assessment (Dec 2022)
item Editorial: Postprandial physiology (Dec 2022)
item Associations between maternal adiposity and appetite-regulating hormones in human milk are mediated through maternal circulating concentrations and might affect infant outcomes (Nov 2022)
item Metabolite patterns associated with individual response to supervised exercise therapy in patients with intermittent claudication (Oct 2022)
item Chronic kidney disease is associated with attenuated plasma metabolome response to oral glucose tolerance testing (Oct 2022)
item Nutrition, immunosenescence and infectious disease: An overview of the scientific evidence on micronutrients and on modulation of the gut microbiota (Oct 2022)
item The plasma oxylipin signature provides a deep phenotyping of metabolic syndrome complementary to the clinical criteria (Oct 2022)
item Associations of microbial and indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase-derived tryptophan metabolites with immune activation in healthy adults (Sep 2022)
item Adequate vitamin B12 and folate status of Norwegian vegans and vegetarians (Sep 2022)
item Daily preventive zinc supplementation increases the antibody response against pathogenic Escherichia coli in children with zinc insufficiency: A randomized controlled trial (Sep 2022)
item Increased risk of preterm delivery with high cortisol during pregnancy is modified by fetal sex: A cohort study (Sep 2022)
item Monocyte subsets display age-dependent alterations at fasting and undergo non-age-dependent changes following consumption of a meal (Sep 2022)
item Potential cardioprotective effects and lipid mediator differences in long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid supplemented mice given chemotherapy (Aug 2022)
item Gut microbiota and host genetics modulate the effect of diverse diet patterns on metabolic health (Aug 2022)
item Diversity of monosaccharide composition of diets consumed by healthy U.S. adults is highly variable and positively associated with the healthy eating index (Aug 2022)
item Low intake of dietary fiber is associated with gastrointestinal inflammation in healthy U.S. adults (Aug 2022)
item In vitro examination of the effect of honey in the gastrointestinal tract (Aug 2022)
item Carbohydrate active enzyme profiles of gut microbiomes from low and adequate fiber consumers in a healthy U.S. cohort (Aug 2022)
item Linoleate-rich safflower oil diet increases linoleate-derived bioactive lipid mediators in plasma, and brown and white adipose depots of healthy mice (Aug 2022)
item Altered macronutrient composition and genetics influence the complex transcriptional network associated with adiposity in the Collaborative Cross (Aug 2022)
item Maternal mental health in late pregnancy and longitudinal changes in postpartum serum vitamin B-12, homocysteine, and milk B-12 concentration among Brazilian women (Jul 2022)
item Association of microbial tryptophan metabolites and indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase with immune activity in healthy adults (Jun 2022)
item Frequency of small fish consumption is associated with improved iron and hemoglobin in young Malawian children (Jun 2022)
item Comprehensive analysis of B-vitamins in human milk (Jun 2022)
item Lipoxins reduce obesity-induced adipose tissue inflammation in 3D-cultured human adipocytes and explant cultures (Jun 2022)
item Estimating national and subnational nutrient intake distributions of global diets (Jun 2022)
item Chicken liver and eggshell crackers as a safe and affordable animal source food for overcoming micronutrient deficits during pregnancy and lactation in Indonesia: A double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial (Jun 2022)
item Multiassay nutritional metabolomics profiling of low vitamin A status versus adequacy is characterized by reduced plasma lipid mediators among lactating women in the Philippines: A pilot study (May 2022)
item The effects of 1 egg per day on iron and anemia status among young Malawian children: A secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial (May 2022)
item Assessing insulin sensitivity and postprandial triglyceridemic response phenotypes with a mixed macronutrient tolerance test (May 2022)
item Association of diet and antimicrobial resistance in healthy U.S. adults (May 2022)
item Daily supplementation of a multiple micronutrient powder improves folate but not thiamine, riboflavin, or vitamin B12 status among young Laotian children: A randomized controlled trial (May 2022)
item Waking salivary cortisol associated with magnitude of cholesterol reduction in women fed a healthy whole-food diet for 8 weeks (May 2022)
item A low starch and high fiber diet intervention impacts the microbial community of raw bovine milk (Apr 2022)
item The dose-response effects of consuming high fructose corn syrup-sweetened beverages on hepatic lipid content and insulin sensitivity in young adults (Apr 2022)
item The development of the Davis Food Glycopedia - A glycan encyclopedia of food (Apr 2022)
item Bifidobacterium species colonization in infancy: A global cross-sectional comparison by population history of breastfeeding (Mar 2022)
item Diet, fecal microbiome, and trimethylamine N-oxide in a cohort of metabolically healthy United States adults (Mar 2022)
item Special report: AI Institute for next generation food systems (AIFS) (Mar 2022)
item Dietary fiber to starch ratio affects bovine milk Oligosaccharide profiles (Mar 2022)
item Almond consumption for 8 weeks altered host and microbial metabolism in comparison to a control snack in young adults (Feb 2022)
item Plasma choline concentration was not increased after a 6-month egg intervention in 6–9-Month-old Malawian children: results from a randomized controlled trial (Feb 2022)
item Satiety associated with calorie restriction and time-restricted feeding: Peripheral hormones (Feb 2022)
item Plasma oxylipin profile discriminates ethnicities in subjects with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis: An exploratory analysis (Feb 2022)
item Pathways of parental influence on adolescent diet and obesity: A physiological stress-focused perspective (Feb 2022)
item Gender and age differences in meal structures, food away from home, chrono-nutrition, and nutrition intakes among adults and children in Tanzania using newly developed tablet-based 24-hour recall tool (Feb 2022)
item Satiety associated with calorie restriction and time-restricted feeding: Central neuroendocrine integration (Feb 2022)
item The omega-3 index response to an 8 week randomized intervention containing three fatty fish meals per week is influenced by adiposity in overweight to obese women (Feb 2022)
item Identification of high and low branched-chain fatty acid producing phenotypes in Holstein cows following high forage and low forage diets in a cross-over designed trial1 (Jan 2022)
item Host lipidome and tuberculosis treatment failure (Jan 2022)
item Tree-based analysis of dietary diversity captures associations between fiber intake and gut microbiota composition in a healthy U.S. adult cohort (Dec 2021)
item B-vitamins and choline in human milk are not impacted by a preconception lipid-based nutrient supplement, but differ among three low-to-middle income settings – Findings from the women first trial (Dec 2021)
item Unique transcriptomic changes underlie hormonal interactions during mammary histomorphogenesis in female pigs (Dec 2021)
item Peripherally administered amylin inhibits stress-like behaviors and enhances cognitive performance (Dec 2021)
item Nutrition in adolescent growth and development (Nov 2021)
item Adopting a Mediterranean-style eating pattern with low, but not moderate, unprocessed, lean red meat intake reduces fasting serum trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) in adults who are overweight or obese (Nov 2021)
item Resistant starch wheat increases PYY and decreases GIP but has no effect on self-reported perceptions of satiety (Nov 2021)
item Improving LC-MS analysis of human milk B-vitamins by lactose removal (Oct 2021)
item Serum metabolomic biomarkers of perceptual speed in cognitively normal and mildly impaired subjects with fasting state stratification (Sep 2021)
item Oxylipin responses to fasting and insulin infusion in a large mammalian model of fasting-induced insulin resistance, the northern elephant seal (Sep 2021)
item Effects of a diet based on the Dietary Guidelines on vascular health and TMAO in women with cardiometabolic risk factors (Sep 2021)
item The mothers, infants, and lactation quality (MILQ) study: A multi-center collaboration (Sep 2021)
item Association of plasma and CSF cytochrome P450, soluble epoxide hydrolase, and ethanolamide metabolism with Alzheimer’s disease (Sep 2021)
item Machine learning identifies stool pH as predictor of bone mineral density in healthy multiethnic US adults (Sep 2021)
item Genetic and environmental influences on serum oxylipins, endocannabinoids, bile acids and steroids (Aug 2021)
item Four weeks of 16/8 time restrictive feeding in endurance trained male runners decreases fat mass, without affecting exercise performance (Aug 2021)
item High-fat diet–induced colonocyte dysfunction escalates microbiota-derived trimethylamine N-oxide (Aug 2021)
item Dietary fat chain length, saturation, and PUFA source acutely affect diet-induced thermogenesis but not satiey in adults in a randomized, crossover trail (Jul 2021)
item Association between physiological stress load and diet quality patterns differs between male and female adults (Jul 2021)
item Consuming sucrose- or HFCS-sweetened beverages increases hepatic lipid and decreases insulin sensitivity in adults (Jul 2021)
item Healthy eating index patterns in adults by sex and age predict cardiometabolic risk factors in a cross-sectional study (Jun 2021)
item Factors associated with longitudinal changes in B-vitamin and choline concentrations of human milk (Jun 2021)
item Human milk metabolic profiling using Biocrates MxP® Quant 500 kit (Jun 2021)
item Thiamine supplementation holds neurocognitive benefits for breastfed infants during the first year of life (Jun 2021)
item Target product profiles for a micronutrient assessment tool and associated blood collection device for use in population-based surveys: An expert consensus (Jun 2021)
item Hepatic transcriptional profile reveals the role of diet and genetic backgrounds on metabolic traits in female progenitor strains of the Collaborative Cross (May 2021)
item Gestational long-term hypoxia induces metabolomic reprogramming and phenotypic transformations in fetal sheep pulmonary arteries (Apr 2021)
item Ethnicity-specific alterations of plasma and hepatic lipidomic profiles are related to high NAFLD rate and severity in Hispanic Americans, a pilot study (Apr 2021)
item Low-dose thiamine supplementation of lactating Cambodian mothers improves human milk thiamine concentrations: a randomized controlled trial (Apr 2021)
item Modulating the microbiota as a therapeutic intervention for Type 2 Diabetes (Apr 2021)
item Exogenous GLP-1 stimulates TCA cycle and suppresses gluconeogenesis and ketogenesis in late-fasted northern elephant seals pups (Apr 2021)
item Diet affects glycosylation of serum proteins in women at risk for cardiometabolic disease (Mar 2021)
item Maternal postpartum deworming and infant milk intake: Secondary outcomes from a trial (Mar 2021)
item Simple, rapid lipidomic analysis of triacylglycerols in bovine milk by infusion-electrospray mass spectrometry (Mar 2021)
item Technician-scored stool consistency spans the full range of the bristol scale in a healthy US population and differs by diet and chronic stress load (Mar 2021)
item Effects of inflammation and soluble epoxide hydrolase inhibition on oxylipin composition of very low-density lipoproteins in isolated perfused rat livers (Feb 2021)
item Resistant starch type 2 from wheat reduces postprandial glycemic response with concurrent alterations in gut microbiota composition (Feb 2021)
item Genetic background shapes phenotypic response to diet for adiposity in the Collaborative Cross (Feb 2021)
item Small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements do not affect plasma or milk retinol concentrations among Malawian mothers, or plasma retinol concentrations among young Malawian or Ghanaian children in two randomized trials (Feb 2021)
item Microbiota assessments for the identification and confirmation of slit defect-causing bacteria in milk and cheddar cheese (Feb 2021)
item High-throughput analysis of water-soluble forms of choline and related metabolites in human milk by UPLC-MS/MS and its application (Feb 2021)
item N-3 PUFA improved post-menopausal depression induced by maternal separation and chronic mild stress through serotonergic pathway in rats – effect associated with lipid mediators (Feb 2021)
item Effect of manual data cleaning on nutrient intakes using the automated self-administered 24-hour dietary assessment tool (ASA24) (Feb 2021)
item Sequence meets function—Microbiota and cardiovascular disease (Jan 2021)
item Vitamin A and SARS-CoV2 infection: roles in host resistance and recovery from infection (Jan 2021)
item Identification of phenotypic lipidomic signatures in response to long chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation in humans (Jan 2021)
item Effects of consuming sugar-sweetened beverages for 2 weeks on 24-h circulating leptin profiles, ad libitum food intake and body weight in young adults (Dec 2020)
item Primer on immune response and interface with malnutrition (Dec 2020)
item Weight loss, but not dairy composition of diet, moderately affects satiety and postprandial gut hormone patterns in adults (Nov 2020)
item Plasma and serum oxylipin, endocannabinoid, bile acid, steroid, fatty acid and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug quantification in a 96-well plate format (Nov 2020)
item Maternal plasma folate concentration is positively associated with serum total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein across the three trimesters of pregnancy (Nov 2020)
item Mid-gestation serum lipidomic profile associations with spontaneous preterm birth are influenced by body mass index (Nov 2020)
item Harmonized procedures lead to comparable quantification of total oxylipins across laboratories (Nov 2020)
item Association of the lactase persistence haplotype block with disease risk in populations of european descent (Oct 2020)
item Time-restricted feeding mice a high-fat diet induces a unique lipidomic profile (Oct 2020)
item Lipidomic characterization of phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine species of egg yolk lipid derived from hens fed flaxseed oil and marine algal oil (Sep 2020)
item Risk factors for anaemia among Ghanaian women and children vary by population group and climate zone (Sep 2020)
item High-dose vitamin A supplementation at birth increases the percentage of CCR9+ treg cells in infants with lower birthweight in early infancy and decreases plasma sCD14 and prevalence of vitamin A deficiency at two years (Sep 2020)
item Synergistic effects of fructose and glucose on lipoprotein risk factors for cardiovascular disease in young adults (Sep 2020)
item Infant gut microbiota characteristics generally do not modify effects of lipid-based nutrient supplementation on growth or inflammation: secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial in Malawi (Sep 2020)
item Genetic architecture modulates diet-induced hepatic mRNA and miRNA expression profiles in Diversity Outbred mice (Sep 2020)
item Effects of dietary glucose and fructose on copper, iron, and zinc metabolism parameters in humans (Aug 2020)
item Linoleic acid-rich oil supplementation increases total and high-molecular-weight adiponectin and alters plasma oxylipins in postmenopausal women with metabolic syndrome (Aug 2020)
item Metabolomics reveals altered hepatic bile acids, gut microbiome metabolites, and cell membrane lipids associated with marginal vitamin A deficiency in a Mongolian gerbil model (Jul 2020)
item Reservoirs of antimicrobial resistance genes in retail raw milk (Jun 2020)
item Trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) is not associated with average daily inatke of red meat or TMAO precursor foods in a generally healthy population (May 2020)
item Sexual dimorphism of atherosclerosis by gut microbiome in a hyperlipidemic diversity outbred F1 mouse population (May 2020)
item Association of estimated daily lactose consumption, lactase persistence genotype (rs4988235), and gut microbiota in healthy U.S. adults (May 2020)
item Genetic background heavily impacts effects of diet on obesity in a collaborative cross population (May 2020)
item Understanding the intersection of climate/environmental change, health, agriculture and improved nutrition: a case study on micronutrient nutrition and animal source foods (May 2020)
item Why the derivation of nutrient reference values should be harmonized and how it can be accomplished (May 2020)
item Daily preventive zinc supplementation decreases lymphocyte and eosinophil concentrations in rural Laotian children from communities with a high prevalence of zinc deficiency: results of a randomized controlled trial (May 2020)
item Gestational high-altitude hypoxia and metabolomic reprogramming in pulmonary arteries from fetal sheep (Apr 2020)
item Microbial modulation of host body composition and plasma metabolic profile (Apr 2020)
item Vitamin B12 is low in milk of early postpartum women in urban Tanzania, and was not significantly increased by high dose supplementation (Mar 2020)
item Liking and acceptability of whole grains increases with a six-week exposure but preferences for foods varying in taste and fat content are not altered: a randomized controlled trial (Mar 2020)
item Decreasing the dietary ratio of n-6:n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids by reducing intake of linoleic acid does not prevent adiposity or bone deterioration in obese mice (Mar 2020)
item Metabolome and microbiome alterations related to short-term feeding of a micronutrient-fortified, high-quality legume protein-based food product to stunted school age children: A randomized controlled pilot trial (Feb 2020)
item Pre- and post-sequencing recommendations for functional annotation of human fecal metagenomes (Feb 2020)
item Challenges in designing and delivering diets and assessing adherence: A randomized controlled trial evaluating the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (Feb 2020)
item Impact of daily preventive zinc or therapeutic zinc supplementation for diarrhea on plasma biomarkers of environmental enteric dysfunction among rural Laotian children: a randomized controlled trial (Feb 2020)
item Amino acid digestibility of extruded chickpea and yellow pea protein is high and comparable in moderately stunted South Indian children with use of a dual stable isotope tracer method (Jan 2020)
item Anemia, micronutrient deficiencies, malaria, hemoglobinopathies and malnutrition in young children and non-pregnant women in Ghana: Findings from a national survey (Jan 2020)
item Vitamin B12 concentrations in milk from Norwegian women during the six first months of lactation (Jan 2020)
item Fecal metatranscriptomics and glycomics suggests that bovine milk oligosaccharides are fully utilized by healthy adults (Jan 2020)
item Ectopic expression of the Stabilin2 gene triggered by an intracisternal A particle (IAP) element in DBA/2J strain of mice (Jan 2020)
item Nutrient estimation from 24-hour food recalls using machine learning and database mapping: a case study with lactose (Dec 2019)
item Low serum B12 concentrations are associated with low B12 dietary intake but not with Helicobacter pylori infection or abnormal gastric function in rural Mexican women (Dec 2019)
item Total water-soluble choline concentration does not differ in milk from vegan, vegetarian, and non-vegetarian lactating women (Nov 2019)
item Total water-soluble choline concentration does not differ in milk from vegan, vegetarian, and nonvegetarian lactating women (Nov 2019)
item Alpha-Linolenic acid-enriched butter attenuated high fat diet-induced insulin resistance and inflammation by promoting bioconversion of n-3 PUFA and subsequent oxylipin formation (Nov 2019)
item Increasing dietary carbohydrate as part of a healthy whole food diet intervention dampens eight week changes in salivary cortisol and cortisol responsiveness (Oct 2019)
item Luteal lipids regulate progesterone production and may modulate immune cell function during the estrous cycle and pregnancy (Oct 2019)
item Diesel exhaust particles dysregulate multiple immunological pathways in murine macrophages: Lessons from microarray and scRNA-seq technologies (Sep 2019)
item Changes in micronutrient and inflammation serum biomarker concentrations after a norovirus human challenge (Aug 2019)
item Association of lactase persistence genotypes (rs4988235) and ethnicity with dairy intake in a healthy U.S. population (Aug 2019)
item Validation and application of Biocrates AbsoluteIDQ® p180 targeted metabolomics kit using human milk (Jul 2019)
item Cohort description of the Madagascar health and environmental research-antongil (MAHERY-Antongil) study in Madagascar (Jul 2019)
item Effects of fructose or glucose on circulating apoCIII and triglyceride and cholesterol content of lipoprotein subfractions in humans (Jun 2019)
item Micronutrient intakes of lactating mothers and their association with breast milk concentrations and micronutrient adequacy of exclusively breastfed Indonesian infants (Jun 2019)
item Circulating 25(OH)D concentrations in overweight and obese adults is explained by sun exposure, skin reflectance, and body composition (May 2019)
item Endocannabinoid metabolome characterization of milk from Guatemalan women living in the Western Highlands (Mar 2019)
item Effects of lipid-based nutrient supplements and infant and young child feeding counseling with or without improved water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) on anemia and micronutrient status: results from two cluster randomized (Jan 2019)
item Prenatal iron deficiency and replete iron status are associated with adverse birth outcomes, but associations differ in Ghana and Malawi (Jan 2019)
item A randomized controlled-feeding trial based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans on cardiometabolic health indexes (Aug 2018)
item Vitamin B12 added as a fortificant to flour retains high bioavailability when baked in bread (Jun 2018)