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Commentary on: "Further studies are necessary in order to conclude a causal association between the consumption of monosodium L-glutamate (MSG) and the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in the rural Thai population"Kate S Collison
Diabetes Research Unit, Department of Cell Biology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, P, O, Box, 3354, Riyadh, 11211, Saudi Arabia
Nutr Metab (Lond) 10:13. 2013..See related article: http://www.nutritionandmetabolism.com/content/10/1/14...
Interactive effects of neonatal exposure to monosodium glutamate and aspartame on glucose homeostasisKate S Collison
Diabetes Research Unit, Department Cell Biology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, PO Box 3354, Riyadh, 11211, Saudi Arabia
Nutr Metab (Lond) 9:58. 2012..abstract:..
Gender dimorphism in aspartame-induced impairment of spatial cognition and insulin sensitivityKate S Collison
Cell Biology and Diabetes Research Unit, Department of Cell Biology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
PLoS ONE 7:e31570. 2012..These data suggest that lifetime exposure to aspartame, commencing in utero, may affect spatial cognition and glucose homeostasis in C57BL/6J mice, particularly in males...
Effect of trans-fat, fructose and monosodium glutamate feeding on feline weight gain, adiposity, insulin sensitivity, adipokine and lipid profileKate S Collison
Department of Biological and Medical Research, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Br J Nutr 106:218-26. 2011..001). In conclusion, markers of insulin deregulation and metabolic dysfunction associated with adiposity and T2DM can be induced by dietary factors in a feline model...
Nutrigenomics of hepatic steatosis in a feline model: effect of monosodium glutamate, fructose, and Trans-fat feedingKate S Collison
Cell Biology and Diabetes Research Unit, Department of Biological and Medical Research, MBC 03, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, P O Box 3354, Riyadh, 11211, Saudi Arabia
Genes Nutr 7:265-80. 2012..Our feline model examining gene-diet interactions (nutrigenomics) demonstrates how dietary MSG, Trans-fat, and HFCS may contribute to the development of hepatic steatosis...
Sex-dimorphism in cardiac nutrigenomics: effect of trans fat and/or monosodium glutamate consumptionKate S Collison
Cell Biology and Diabetes Research Unit, Department of Biological and Medical Research, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, PO Box 3354, Riyadh 11211, Saudi Arabia
BMC Genomics 12:555. 2011..Processed foods may contain both TFA and MSG...
Sugar-sweetened carbonated beverage consumption correlates with BMI, waist circumference, and poor dietary choices in school childrenKate S Collison
Cell Biology and Diabetes Research Unit, Department of Biological and Medical Research, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, PO Box 3354, Riyadh 11211, Saudi Arabia
BMC Public Health 10:234. 2010....
Effect of dietary monosodium glutamate on HFCS-induced hepatic steatosis: expression profiles in the liver and visceral fatKate S Collison
Cell Biology and Diabetes Research Unit, Department of Biological and Medical Research, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Obesity (Silver Spring) 18:1122-34. 2010..MSG increased the expression of several genes implicated in adipocytes differentiation. We hypothesize that HFCS may promote hepatic steatosis, whereas dietary MSG induces dyslipidemia and markers of insulin resistance...
Dietary trans-fat combined with monosodium glutamate induces dyslipidemia and impairs spatial memoryKate S Collison
Cell Biology and Diabetes Research Unit, Department of Biological and Medical Research, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, P O Box 3354, Riyadh 11211, Saudi Arabia
Physiol Behav 99:334-42. 2010..The subjects were given four days of training to find a hidden platform and a fifth day of reversal learning, in which the platform was moved to a new location...
Diabetes of the liver: the link between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and HFCS-55Kate S Collison
Cell Biology and Diabetes Research Unit, Department of Biological and Medical Research, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Obesity (Silver Spring) 17:2003-13. 2009..Taken together our findings indicate a potential mechanism by which HFCS-55 may contribute to the pathogenesis of NAFLD...
Effect of dietary monosodium glutamate on trans fat-induced nonalcoholic fatty liver diseaseKate S Collison
Cell Biology and Diabetes Research Unit, Department of Biological and Medical Research, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh 11211, Saudi Arabia
J Lipid Res 50:1521-37. 2009..TFA+MSG mice also had a high degree of WAT deposition and lipogenic gene expression. Levels of Ppargc1a were further reduced to 25% by TFA+MSG treatment. MSG exacerbates TFA-induced NAFLD...
Weak or no association of TCF7L2 variants with Type 2 diabetes risk in an Arab populationOsama Alsmadi
Saudi Diagnostic Laboratory, Research Centre, King Faisal Specialist Hopital and Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
BMC Med Genet 9:72. 2008..Meta-analysis of 27 different studies has resulted in a global OR of 1.46 [1.42-1.51] (rs7903146 variant). Thus far, despite a high incidence of T2D, the role of this variant in Arabs has not been established...
Genetic study of Saudi diabetes (GSSD): significant association of the KCNJ11 E23K polymorphism with type 2 diabetesOsama Alsmadi
Arabian Diagnostic Laboratory ADL, Research Centre, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, and Diabetes Center, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Diabetes Metab Res Rev 24:137-40. 2008..The E23K variant of KCNJ11 has been associated with type 2 diabetes (T2D) in several but not all populations studied. Thus far, despite a high incidence of T2D, the role of this variant in Arabs has not been established...
Serum leptin and its relation to anthropometric measures of obesity in pre-diabetic SaudisNasser M Al-Daghri
Biochemistry Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Cardiovasc Diabetol 6:18. 2007..This study aims to determine and correlate leptin levels to anthropometric measures of obesity in pre-diabetic, (IFG and IGT), type 2 diabetic and normoglycaemic Saudis...
Tea consumption and the prevalence of coronary heart disease in Saudi adults: results from a Saudi national studyIman A Hakim
Department of Biochemistry, College of Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Prev Med 36:64-70. 2003..The aim of the study was to determine whether there was a relationship between tea consumption and the prevalence of coronary heart disease (CHD) in Saudi Arabia...
