New Frontiers in Lifestyle-Related Diseases Book

Pt. I Regulation of Feeding and Energy Homeostasis in the Brain

Orphan Neuropeptides and the Regulation of Food Intake 3

Neuronal Mechanisms of Feeding Regulation by Peptides 21

Distribution and Localization of Galanin-Like Peptide (GALP) in Brain 29

Functional Analysis of GALP in Feeding Regulation 39

Regulation of Energy Homeostasis by GALP 47

Pt. II Lipid Metabolism and Atherosclerosis

Cholesterol Trafficking and Esterification with Relation to Atherosclerosis and Neurodegenerative Diseases 57

Atherogenic Lipoproteins in Type 2 Diabetes with Nephropathy 71

Regulatory Mechanisms for Cytosolic Prostaglandin E Synthase, cPGES/p23 77

Regulation of Intracellular Lipid Storage and Adipose Differentiation-Related Protem (ADRP) 81

Roles of Vasoactive Agents in Macrophage Foam Cell Formation and Atherosclerosis 89

Pt. III Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Diseases

Sleep Apnea and Metabolic and Cardiovascular Complications 99

Sleep Apnea Syndrome and Atherosclerosis 107

Significance of Small Dense Low-Density Lipoproteins in Coronary Heart Disease 115

Statin Decreases IL-1 and LPS-Induced Inflammatory Cytokines Production in Oral Epithelial Cells 125

Pt. IV Poster Sessions

Onco-Suppressor p53 Protein Prevents an Alzheimer Disease Mouse Model, Pin1-Null Mouse from the Increase of Presenilin-1 135

Quantification of Mouse Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein by Sandwich ELISA 139

Regulation of sPLA[subscript 2]-IIA Expression in Cytokine-Stimulated Rat Fibroblasts 143

Comparison Between Small Dense LDL-Cholesterol and LDL-Cholesterol to Predict Coronary Events in Stable Coronary Heart Disease 147

Acceleration of Foam Cell Formation by Leptin in HumanMonocyte-Derived Macrophages 155

Key word index 159