Approximately 20% of hospitalised older adult patients at risk for malnutrition had plasma pancreatic lipase levels below the reference range, which was associated with an increased risk for adverse ...

The pancreas is an organ deep in the abdomen of the human body. Although it is small in size, its physiological function and pathological changes are closely related to life. It mainly plays an ...

Here's some good news for anyone looking to rev up their metabolism, the fire that burns calories. Scientists announced this week that they'd discovered a way to manipulate lipase, the enzyme that ...

Dietary fat provides the major energy (∼50% calories) during infancy in breast milk and formulas (1). During the past decade, special attention has been given to the type of fat necessary for normal ...

Objective: To study the effect of oral oleoyl-estrone on the plasma lipoprotein profile and tissue lipase activities in order to determine the handling of circulating lipids by adipose tissue, liver ...

Lipases are the enzymes, those are responsible for the hydrolysis of fatty acids and esters in the body. Lipase testing reagents used to diagnose pancreatic disorders. Major application of the Lipase ...

West Nile virus is a flavivirus that has caused seasonal outbreaks of disease in humans since its introduction into the United States in 1999. The clinical presentation is highly variable, ranging ...

Postprandial increases in lipase and amylase seen with GLP-1 drugs didn't happen in patients who weren't on those medications, providing a potential mechanism by which the drugs may be linked to ...

A protein that is expressed on capillary endothelial cells, called GPIHBP1 (glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored high-density lipoprotein binding protein 1), binds lipoprotein lipase and shuttles it ...