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Effect of processed and red meat on endogenous nitrosation and DNA damage
Annemiek M C P Joosen
MRC Dunn Human Nutrition Unit, Wellcome Trust MRC Building, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0XY, UK
Carcinogenesis 30:1402-7. 2009Haem in red meat (RM) stimulates the endogenous production of mutagenic nitroso compounds (NOC). Processed (nitrite-preserved red) meat additionally contains high concentrations of preformed NOC...Expression profiling of muscle reveals transcripts differentially expressed in muscle that affect water-holding capacity of pork
Siriluck Ponsuksili
Research Institute for the Biology of Farm Animals FBN, Research Group Functional Genomics, Wilhelm Stahl Allee 2, 18196 Dummerstorf, Germany
J Agric Food Chem 56:10311-7. 2008..identify biological processes as well as molecular markers for drip loss, a parameter for water holding capacity of meat, the M...Red meat intake is associated with metabolic syndrome and the plasma C-reactive protein concentration in women
Leila Azadbakht
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
J Nutr 139:335-9. 2009Although red meat consumption has been related to the prevalence of diabetes, few data are available showing the relation among red meat intake, inflammation, and metabolic syndrome...Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in meat
E de Boer
Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority VWA, 7200 AE Zutphen, The Netherlands
Int J Food Microbiol 134:52-6. 2009..During slaughtering of MRSA-positive animals, contamination of carcasses with MRSA may occur and consequently the meat of these animals may get contaminated...Identification of expression QTL (eQTL) of genes expressed in porcine M. longissimus dorsi and associated with meat quality traits
Siriluck Ponsuksili
Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology, Research Unit Molecular Biology, Wilhelm Stahl Allee 2, 18196 Dummerstorf, Germany
BMC Genomics 11:572. 2010..transcriptional profiles is a promising approach for identifying and dissecting the genetics of complex traits like meat performance...Intestinal microbiota metabolism of L-carnitine, a nutrient in red meat, promotes atherosclerosis
Robert A Koeth
Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Nat Med 19:576-85. 2013..demonstrate here that metabolism by intestinal microbiota of dietary L-carnitine, a trimethylamine abundant in red meat, also produces TMAO and accelerates atherosclerosis in mice...Red and processed meat and colorectal cancer incidence: meta-analysis of prospective studies
Doris S M Chan
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
PLoS ONE 6:e20456. 2011The evidence that red and processed meat influences colorectal carcinogenesis was judged convincing in the 2007 World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute of Cancer Research report...Red meat consumption and mortality: results from 2 prospective cohort studies
An Pan
Departments of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Arch Intern Med 172:555-63. 2012Red meat consumption has been associated with an increased risk of chronic diseases. However, its relationship with mortality remains uncertain.Genome-wide association analysis of meat quality traits in a porcine Large White × Minzhu intercross population
Weizhen Luo
Key Laboratory of Farm Animal Genetic Resources and Germplasm Innovation of Ministry of Agriculture of China, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 100193 Beijing, China
Int J Biol Sci 8:580-95. 2012..A total of 45 SNPs showed significant association with one or multiple meat quality traits. Of the 45 SNPs, 36 were located on SSC12...Extended-spectrum β-lactamase genes of Escherichia coli in chicken meat and humans, The Netherlands
Ilse Overdevest
St Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands
Emerg Infect Dis 17:1216-22. 2011..and characteristics of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) genes of Enterobacteriaceae in retail chicken meat and humans in the Netherlands...Association, effects and validation of polymorphisms within the NCAPG - LCORL locus located on BTA6 with feed intake, gain, meat and carcass traits in beef cattle
Amanda K Lindholm-Perry
United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, U S Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, NE 68933, USA
BMC Genet 12:103. 2011..The goal of the present study was to develop and examine additional markers in this region to optimize the ability to distinguish favorable alleles, with potential to identify functional variation...Accuracy of prediction of genomic breeding values for residual feed intake and carcass and meat quality traits in Bos taurus, Bos indicus, and composite beef cattle
S Bolormaa
Victorian Department of Primary Industries, Bundoora, VIC 3083, Australia
J Anim Sci 91:3088-104. 2013..was to assess the accuracy of genomic predictions for 19 traits including feed efficiency, growth, and carcass and meat quality traits in beef cattle...Extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli from retail chicken meat and humans: comparison of strains, plasmids, resistance genes, and virulence factors
Jan A J W Kluytmans
Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands
Clin Infect Dis 56:478-87. 2013..A connection between ESBL-producing bacteria in food animals, retail meat, and humans has been suggested...Major dietary protein sources and risk of coronary heart disease in women
Adam M Bernstein
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Circulation 122:876-83. 2010..Our objective was to examine the relation between foods that are major dietary protein sources and incident CHD...Red and processed meat consumption and risk of incident coronary heart disease, stroke, and diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Renata Micha
Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Circulation 121:2271-83. 2010b>Meat consumption is inconsistently associated with development of coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke, and diabetes mellitus, limiting quantitative recommendations for consumption levels...Large scale genome-wide association and LDLA mapping study identifies QTLs for boar taint and related sex steroids
Eli Grindflek
NORSVIN The Norwegian Pig Breeders Association, 2304 Hamar, Norway
BMC Genomics 12:362. 2011..observed in a high proportion of uncastrated male pigs and is characterized by an unpleasant odor/flavor in cooked meat, primarily caused by elevated levels of androstenone and skatole...Control of the risk of human toxoplasmosis transmitted by meat
Aize Kijlstra
Animal Sciences Group, Wageningen UR, P O Box 65, 8200 AB Lelystad, The Netherlands
Int J Parasitol 38:1359-70. 2008..In this review we describe Toxoplasma as a hazard associated with the consumption of undercooked meat or meat products and provide an analysis of the various options to control the risk of human toxoplasmosis via this ..Dutch patients, retail chicken meat and poultry share the same ESBL genes, plasmids and strains
M A Leverstein-Van Hall
Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, The Netherlands
Clin Microbiol Infect 17:873-80. 2011..extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) -producing bacteria in food-producing animals and contamination of retail meat may contribute to increased incidences of infections with ESBL-producing bacteria in humans...Comparison of muscle transcriptome between pigs with divergent meat quality phenotypes identifies genes related to muscle metabolism and structure
Marie Damon
INRA, UMR1348 Physiologie, Environnement et Génétique pour l Animal et les Systèmes d Elevage PEGASE, Saint Gilles, France
PLoS ONE 7:e33763. 2012b>Meat quality depends on physiological processes taking place in muscle tissue, which could involve a large pattern of genes associated with both muscle structural and metabolic features...Red meat consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes: 3 cohorts of US adults and an updated meta-analysis
An Pan
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 94:1088-96. 2011..The relation between consumption of different types of red meats and risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D) remains uncertain...Carcinogen metabolism genes, red meat and poultry intake, and colorectal cancer risk
Jun Wang
Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California, CA, USA
Int J Cancer 130:1898-907. 2012Diets high in red meat are established risk factors for colorectal cancer (CRC). Carcinogenic compounds generated during meat cooking have been implicated as causal agents...Genome-wide association scan and phased haplotype construction for quantitative trait loci affecting boar taint in three pig breeds
Vivi R Gregersen
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Aarhus University, P, O, Box 50, DK 8830 Tjele, Denmark
BMC Genomics 13:22. 2012Boar taint is the undesirable smell and taste of pork meat derived from some entire male pigs. The main causes of boar taint are the two compounds androstenone and skatole (3-methyl-indole)...Design and serendipity in establishing a large cohort with wide dietary intake distributions : the National Institutes of Health-American Association of Retired Persons Diet and Health Study
A Schatzkin
National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7232, USA
Am J Epidemiol 154:1119-25. 2001..7 and 156.8 (men) and 10.5 and 97.0 (women) g per day of red meat. After 5 years of follow-up, the cohort is expected to yield nearly 4,000 breast cancers, more than 10,000 prostate ..A large prospective study of meat consumption and colorectal cancer risk: an investigation of potential mechanisms underlying this association
Amanda J Cross
Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Biostatistics Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Department of Health and Human Services, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Rockville, Maryland, USA
Cancer Res 70:2406-14. 2010Although the relation between red and processed meat intake and colorectal cancer has been reported in several epidemiologic studies, very few investigated the potential mechanisms...Dietary fat and meat intake in relation to risk of type 2 diabetes in men
Rob M van Dam
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Diabetes Care 25:417-24. 2002To examine dietary fat and meat intake in relation to risk of type 2 diabetes.Global comparison of gene expression profiles between intramuscular and subcutaneous adipocytes of neonatal landrace pig using microarray
Guixuan Zhou
Laboratory of Animal Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Wushan Avenue, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510642, PR China
Meat Sci 86:440-50. 2010....An innovative survey underlining the significant level of contamination by Toxoplasma gondii of ovine meat consumed in France
Lénaïg Halos
ENVA AFSSA INRA UMR BIPAR, National Reference Laboratory for Food Borne Parasites, 23 Avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94700 Maisons Alfort, France
Int J Parasitol 40:193-200. 2010Consumption of sheep meat presents a risk of human contamination by Toxoplasma gondii. A nationwide study was conducted in France to evaluate the prevalence of Toxoplasma in fresh ovine meat...Bioactive peptides from muscle sources: meat and fish
Joseph Thomas Ryan
Teagasc Food Research Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, Co Cork, Ireland
Nutrients 3:765-91. 2011..The aim of this paper is to present an outline of the bioactive peptides identified in the muscle protein of meat to date, with a focus on muscle protein from domestic animals and fish...Dietary intakes of zinc and heme iron from red meat, but not from other sources, are associated with greater risk of metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease
Marcia C de Oliveira Otto
Division of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and EnvFemental Sciences, The University of Texas Health Sciences Center Houston, USA
J Nutr 142:526-33. 2012..97), P-trend = 0.01; CVD: HR = 0.69 (95% CI = 0.46, 1.03), P-trend = 0.04]. Intakes of heme iron and Zn from red meat, but not from other sources, were positively associated with risk of MetS [heme iron from red meat: HR = 1...Trends in meat consumption in the USA
Carrie R Daniel
Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Department of Health and Human Services, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 6120 Executive Blvd, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Public Health Nutr 14:575-83. 2011To characterize the trends, distribution, potential determinants and public health implications of meat consumption within the USA.Vegetarian diets, low-meat diets and health: a review
Claire T McEvoy
Centre for Public Health, Queen s University Belfast, Institute of Clinical Science B, Belfast, UK
Public Health Nutr 15:2287-94. 2012To review the epidemiological evidence for vegetarian diets, low-meat dietary patterns and their association with health status in adults.Food reservoir for Escherichia coli causing urinary tract infections
Caroline Vincent
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A2, Canada
Emerg Infect Dis 16:88-95. 2010..coli isolates from women with urinary tract infection (UTI) (n = 353); retail meat (n = 417); and restaurant/ready-to-eat foods (n = 74). E...CYP1A2 164 A-->C polymorphism, cigarette smoking, consumption of well-done red meat and risk of developing colorectal adenomas and carcinomas
Mona Saebø
Telemark University College, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Bø i Telemark, Norway
Anticancer Res 28:2289-95. 2008..Genetic polymorphisms in metabolizing enzymes may modify the association of environmental exposure on colorectal cancer (CRC) and adenoma risk...Intake of purine-rich foods, protein, and dairy products and relationship to serum levels of uric acid: the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
Hyon K Choi
Rheumatology Unit, Bulfinch 165, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Arthritis Rheum 52:283-9. 2005..Our objective was to evaluate the relationship between dietary factors and serum uric acid levels in a nationally representative sample of men and women in the US...Prevalence and characterization of non-O157 shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli isolates from commercial ground beef in the United States
Joseph M Bosilevac
USDA, ARS, U S Meat Animal Research Center, P O Box 166, State Spur 18D, Clay Center, NE 68933 0166, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 77:2103-12. 2011..Results of this characterization identified 10 STEC isolates (0.24% of the 4,133 total) that may be considered a significant food safety threat, defined by the presence of eae, subA, and nle genes...Tracing the source of campylobacteriosis
Daniel J Wilson
Department of Maths and Statistics, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
PLoS Genet 4:e1000203. 2008..C. jejuni is a widespread zoonotic pathogen that is carried by animals farmed for meat and poultry. A connection with contaminated food is recognized, but C...Combinations of cytochrome P450 gene polymorphisms enhancing the risk for sporadic colorectal cancer related to red meat consumption
Sebastien Kury
Laboratoire d Etude de l ADN, Faculté de Médecine de Nantes, 1 rue Gaston Veil, 44035 Nantes Cedex, France
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 16:1460-7. 2007..were found to be associated with a significant increase in CRC risk in interaction with an excessive red meat consumption, thereby exacerbating the intrinsic procarcinogenic effect of this dietary factor...A genome-wide association study of meat and carcass traits in Australian cattle
S Bolormaa
Cooperative Research Centre for Beef Genetic Technologies, Armidale, New South Wales 2351, Australia
J Anim Sci 89:2297-309. 2011Chromosomal regions containing DNA variation affecting the traits intramuscular fat percentage (IMF), meat tenderness measured as peak force to shear the LM (LLPF), and rump fat measured at the sacro-iliac crest in the chiller (CHILLP8) ..Search for quantitative trait loci affecting growth and carcass traits in a cross population of beef and dairy cattle
B Gutiérrez-Gil
The Roslin Institute and Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9PS, United Kingdom
J Anim Sci 87:24-36. 2009..associations were detected on chromosomes 10 (estimated subcutaneous fat percentage), 11 (total saleable meat proportion), 16 (prehousing growth rate), and 22 (bone proportion at the leg joint)...Meat consumption and risk of colorectal cancer: a meta-analysis of prospective studies
Susanna C Larsson
Division of Nutritional Epidemiology, The National Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Int J Cancer 119:2657-64. 2006Accumulating epidemiologic evidence indicates that high consumption of red meat and of processed meat may increase the risk of colorectal cancer...Quantitative trait loci analysis for growth and carcass traits in a Meishan x Duroc F2 resource population
S Sato
National Livestock Breeding Center, Nishigo, Fukushima 961 8511, Japan
J Anim Sci 81:2938-49. 2003..We identified genomic regions related with growth and meat quality traits. Fine mapping will be required for their application in introgression programs and gene cloning.Associations of plant food, dairy product, and meat intakes with 15-y incidence of elevated blood pressure in young black and white adults: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study
Lyn M Steffen
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 82:1169-77; quiz 1363-4. 2005Consumption of plant foods and dairy and meat products may moderate increases in blood pressure.Occurrence and resistance to antibiotics of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli in animals and meat in northeastern Italy
G Pezzotti
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Via Romea 14 A, 35020 Legnaro PD, Italy
Int J Food Microbiol 82:281-7. 2003..the occurrence of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli in animals, cattle, pigs, and broilers, and raw meat, beef, pork, and chicken. Campylobacter spp. were detected in 53.9% of the cattle, 63.5% of the pigs, and 82...Red and processed meat consumption and risk of pancreatic cancer: meta-analysis of prospective studies
S C Larsson
Division of Nutritional Epidemiology, National Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Box 210, SE 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
Br J Cancer 106:603-7. 2012Whether red and processed meat consumption is a risk factor for pancreatic cancer remains unclear...Direct detection and genotyping of Toxoplasma gondii in meat samples using magnetic capture and PCR
Marieke Opsteegh
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Int J Food Microbiol 139:193-201. 2010Different transmission routes, including the ingestion of undercooked meat, can result in Toxoplasma gondii infection in humans...Occurrence and characteristics of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) producing Enterobacteriaceae in food producing animals, minced meat and raw milk
Nadine Geser
Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, CH 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
BMC Vet Res 8:21. 2012..Additionally, 100 raw milk samples, representing bulk tank milk of 100 different dairy farms, 104 minced meat (pork and beef) samples and 67 E. coli isolates from cattle E. coli mastitis were analyzed.Characterization of a novel gyrovirus in human stool and chicken meat
Daniel K W Chu
Centre for Influenza Research and School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
J Clin Virol 55:209-13. 2012..Sequence-independent amplification of clinical specimens can lead to the identification of novel pathogens...RNA-Seq approach for genetic improvement of meat quality in pig and evolutionary insight into the substrate specificity of animal carbonyl reductases
Won Yong Jung
Department of Animal Resources Technology, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology, Jinju, Korea
PLoS ONE 7:e42198. 2012Changes in meat quality traits are strongly associated with alterations in postmortem metabolism which depend on genetic variations, especially nonsynonymous single nucleotide variations (nsSNVs) having critical effects on protein ..Meat consumption and mortality--results from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition
Sabine Rohrmann
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Zurich, 8001 Zurich, Switzerland
BMC Med 11:63. 2013Recently, some US cohorts have shown a moderate association between red and processed meat consumption and mortality supporting the results of previous studies among vegetarians...Evaluation of a commercial ELISA kit for detection of antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii in serum, plasma and meat juice from experimentally and naturally infected sheep
Sabine B Glor
Institute of Parasitology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 266a, Zurich CH 8057, Switzerland
Parasit Vectors 6:85. 2013..Among food animals, sheep along with goats and pigs possess the highest incidence of T. gondii cysts in meat, and play a major role as a source of human infection.Meat, fish, and esophageal cancer risk: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis
Maryam Salehi
Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Nutr Rev 71:257-67. 2013..studies (1990-2011) on associations between esophageal cancer risk (EC) and consumption of various types of meat and fish. Random-effects models and dose-response meta-analyses were used to pool study results...Study of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Danish pigs at slaughter and in imported retail meat reveals a novel MRSA type in slaughter pigs
Yvonne Agersø
Research Group for Microbial Genomics and Antimicrobial Resistance, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet build 204, DK 2800 Lyngby, Denmark
Vet Microbiol 157:246-50. 2012..We investigated the occurrence of MRSA in pigs at slaughter and in retail meat. During 2009, nasal swabs (n=789) were taken from pigs at slaughter...Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) on retail meat in Iowa
B M Hanson
Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa College of Public Health, IA, USA
J Infect Public Health 4:169-74. 2011..studies have indicated a high prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in retail-available meat. However, few studies have investigated MRSA in meat in the United States...Prevalence and characteristics of methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci from livestock, chicken carcasses, bulk tank milk, minced meat, and contact persons
Helen Huber
Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene, Vetsuisse Faculty University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 272, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
BMC Vet Res 7:6. 2011..In veterinary medicine and along the meat and milk production line, only limited data were so far available on MR-CNS characteristics...Detection of a Cis [corrected] eQTL controlling BCMO1 gene expression leads to the identification of a QTG for chicken breast meat color
Elisabeth Le Bihan-Duval
INRA, UR83, Recherches Avicoles, Nouzilly, France
PLoS ONE 6:e14825. 2011..to identify the causal gene (or QTG) underlying a highly significant QTL controlling the variation of breast meat color in a F2 cross between divergent high-growth (HG) and low-growth (LG) chicken lines...Meat intake and the risk of hypertension in middle-aged and older women
Lu Wang
Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA 02215, USA
J Hypertens 26:215-22. 2008Although previous studies have suggested that high intake of meat, particularly red meat, may contribute to the development of hypertension, data on the prospective associations between meat intake and risk of hypertension are still ..Occurrence of fastidious Campylobacter spp. in fresh meat and poultry using an adapted cultural protocol
Orla A Lynch
Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ashtown, Dublin 15, Ireland
Int J Food Microbiol 150:171-7. 2011..C. concisus and C. mucosalis, from chicken meat, and 10 species, including C. concisus, C. curvus, C. mucosalis, C. sputorum, and C. upsaliensis, from minced beef...Polymorphisms in the xenobiotic transporter Multidrug Resistance 1 (MDR1) and interaction with meat intake in relation to risk of colorectal cancer in a Danish prospective case-cohort study
Vibeke Andersen
Medical Department, Viborg Regional Hospital, DK 8800 Viborg, Denmark
BMC Cancer 9:407. 2009..aim of this study was to investigate if polymorphisms in these genes were associated with risk of colorectal cancer (CRC), and to investigate possible interactions with lifestyle factors such as smoking, meat consumption, and NSAID use.Meat consumption and colorectal cancer risk: dose-response meta-analysis of epidemiological studies
Teresa Norat
Unit of Nutrition and Cancer, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
Int J Cancer 98:241-56. 2002The hypothesis that consumption of red and processed meat increases colorectal cancer risk is reassessed in a meta-analysis of articles published during 1973-99. The mean relative risk (RR) for the highest quantile of intake vs...Verotoxins in bovine and meat verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli isolates: type, number of variants, and relationship to cytotoxicity
Alejandra Krüger
Departamento de Sanidad Animal y Medicina Preventiva, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Tandil, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Appl Environ Microbiol 77:73-9. 2011..basal as well as induced conditions of verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) strains isolated from cattle and meat products. Most (87%) of the 186 isolates carried a vt(2) gene...Characteristics of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli from meat and milk products of different origins and association with food producing animals as main contamination sources
Annett Martin
Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Mathematical Modelling, Scientific Services, Unit 33, Federal Institute for Risk Assessment Bundesinstitut für Riskobewertung BfR, Diedersdorfer Weg 1, D 12277 Berlin, Germany
Int J Food Microbiol 146:99-104. 2011..Significant associations (p<0.001) were found for stx1 and for stx2 with bovine meat and milk products. The stx2e gene was significantly (p<0.001) associated with STEC from pork and wild boar meat...Trait correlated expression combined with expression QTL analysis reveals biological pathways and candidate genes affecting water holding capacity of muscle
Siriluck Ponsuksili
Research Institute for the Biology of Farm Animals FBN, Research Group Functional Genomics, Wilhelm Stahl Allee 2, 18196 Dummerstorf, Germany
BMC Genomics 9:367. 2008..Also post mortem anoxia during conversion of muscle to meat is marked by loss of water and soluble components from the muscle cell...EPIC-Oxford: lifestyle characteristics and nutrient intakes in a cohort of 33 883 meat-eaters and 31 546 non meat-eaters in the UK
Gwyneth K Davey
Cancer Research UK Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Gibson Building, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford OX2 6HE, UK
Public Health Nutr 6:259-69. 2003..To describe the lifestyle characteristics and nutrient intakes of the Oxford cohort of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)...Long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in plasma in British meat-eating, vegetarian, and vegan men
Magdalena S Rosell
Cancer Research UK Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Am J Clin Nutr 82:327-34. 2005..Plasma concentrations of long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids are lower in vegetarians and in vegans than in omnivores. No data are available on whether these concentrations differ between long- and short-term vegetarians and vegans...Multidrug-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in US Meat and Poultry
Andrew E Waters
Division of Pathogen Genomics, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, USA
Clin Infect Dis 52:1227-30. 2011We characterized the prevalence, antibiotic susceptibility profiles, and genotypes of Staphylococcus aureus among US meat and poultry samples (n = 136). S...Meat consumption and the risk of type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies
D Aune
Department of Biostatistics, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, PO Box 1122, 0317 Oslo, Norway
Diabetologia 52:2277-87. 2009..Previous studies have found positive associations between meat consumption and the risk of type 2 diabetes, but the results have been inconsistent...Red meat and poultry intake, polymorphisms in the nucleotide excision repair and mismatch repair pathways and colorectal cancer risk
Amit D Joshi
Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California, CA 90089, USA
Carcinogenesis 30:472-9. 2009Diets high in red meat have been consistently associated with colorectal cancer (CRC) risk and may result in exposure to carcinogens that cause DNA damage [i...Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in ground beef and lamb cuts: results of a one-year study
Robert S Barlow
Food Science Australia, PO Box 3312, Tingalpa DC, Queensland 4173, Australia
Int J Food Microbiol 111:1-5. 2006..The presence of STEC in retail red meats highlights the need for a clearer understanding of STEC in food and human illness to interpret the public health significance of these findings...Nationwide outbreak of listeriosis due to contaminated meat
P S Mead
Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Epidemiol Infect 134:744-51. 2006..A case-control study implicated meat frankfurters as the likely source of infection (OR 17.3, 95% CI 2.4-160)...Identification of genetic markers associated with residual feed intake and meat quality traits in the pig
B Fan
Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
Meat Sci 84:645-50. 2010..In addition, the effects on meat quality caused by low RFI selection have yet to be clarified...Quantitative trait locus mapping in an F2 Duroc x Pietrain resource population: II. Carcass and meat quality traits
D B Edwards
Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
J Anim Sci 86:254-66. 2008..of a Duroc x Pietrain resource population were evaluated to discover QTL affecting carcass composition and meat quality traits...Dietary iron intake and Type 2 diabetes incidence in postmenopausal women: the Iowa Women's Health Study
D H Lee
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55454, USA
Diabetologia 47:185-94. 2004..Recently, a clear biological link between iron metabolism and diabetes has emerged from epidemiological and experimental studies. We carried out a prospective study of dietary iron intake and incidence of Type 2 diabetes...Persistence of avian influenza viruses in lake sediment, duck feces, and duck meat
Jawad Nazir
Institute of Environmental and Animal Hygiene, University of Hohenheim, Garbenstr 30, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany
Appl Environ Microbiol 77:4981-5. 2011..NDV) and enteric cytopathogenic bovine orphan (ECBO) virus was investigated in lake sediment, duck feces, and duck meat at 30, 20, 10, and 0°C using a germ carrier technique...Dietary patterns and blood pressure among middle-aged and elderly Chinese men in Shanghai
Sang Ah Lee
Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, 2525 West End Avenue, Suite 600, IMPH, Nashville TN 37203 1738, USA
Br J Nutr 104:265-75. 2010..Three dietary patterns, 'vegetable', 'fruit and milk' and 'meat', were derived using factor analysis...Factors associated with whole carcass condemnation rates in provincially-inspected abattoirs in Ontario 2001-2007: implications for food animal syndromic surveillance
Gillian D Alton
Department of Population Medicine, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
BMC Vet Res 6:42. 2010....Genome analysis of the meat starter culture bacterium Staphylococcus carnosus TM300
Ralf Rosenstein
Mikrobielle Genetik, Eberhard Karls Universitat Tubingen, Germany
Appl Environ Microbiol 75:811-22. 2009..Some open reading frames are truncated, which reflects the nutrient-rich environment of the meat starter culture, making some functions dispensable...Iron homeostasis and distal colorectal adenoma risk in the prostate, lung, colorectal, and ovarian cancer screening trial
Amanda J Cross
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 4:1465-75. 2011Red meat consumption has been positively associated with colorectal cancer; however, the biological mechanism underlying this relationship is not understood...The insulin-like growth factor 2 (IGF2) gene intron3-g.3072G>A polymorphism is not the only Sus scrofa chromosome 2p mutation affecting meat production and carcass traits in pigs: evidence from the effects of a cathepsin D (CTSD) gene polymorphism
L Fontanesi
DIPROVAL, Sezione di Allevamenti Zootecnici, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Bologna, Via F lli Rosselli 107, 42123 Reggio Emilia, Italy
J Anim Sci 88:2235-45. 2010..production traits in Italian Large White pigs, suggesting a possible independent role of this marker in fatness and meat deposition in pigs...Red meat and colon cancer: should we become vegetarians, or can we make meat safer?
Denis E Corpet
Universite de Toulouse, ENVT, INRA, UMR Toxalim, Capelles, France
Meat Sci 89:310-6. 2011The effect of meat consumption on cancer risk is a controversial issue. However, recent meta-analyses show that high consumers of cured meats and red meat are at increased risk of colorectal cancer...Meat, meat cooking methods and preservation, and risk for colorectal adenoma
Rashmi Sinha
Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Cancer Res 65:8034-41. 2005Cooking meat at high temperatures produces heterocyclic amines (HCAs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Processed meats contain N-nitroso compounds...Comparative studies of skeletal muscle proteome and transcriptome profilings between pig breeds
Nam Kuk Kim
Department of Applied Biochemistry, College of Biomedical and Health Science, Konkuk University, 322 Danwol dong, Chungju, Republic of Korea
Mamm Genome 21:307-19. 2010Two genetically different pig breeds, the Korean native pig (KNP) and the Western meat-producing Landrace, show breed-specific traits in stress responsiveness (stress hormone levels), growth performance (live weight), and meat quality (..comK prophage junction fragments as markers for Listeria monocytogenes genotypes unique to individual meat and poultry processing plants and a model for rapid niche-specific adaptation, biofilm formation, and persistence
Bindhu Verghese
Department of Food Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 77:3279-92. 2011..epidemic clones (ECs), which included ECII, ECIII, and ECV, were identified and shown to be specific to individual meat and poultry processing plants...Vegetarian compared with meat dietary protein source and phosphorus homeostasis in chronic kidney disease
Sharon M Moe
Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, 1001 West 10th Street, OPW 526, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 6:257-64. 2011..This provides the rationale for recommendations to restrict dietary phosphate intake to 800 mg/d. However, the protein source of the phosphate may also be important...Prevalence and pathogenicity of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in beef cattle and their products
H S Hussein
Department of Animal Biotechnology, University of Nevada, Reno 89557, USA
J Anim Sci 85:E63-72. 2007..The results indicated the prevalence of a large number of pathogenic STEC in beef and beef cattle at high rates and emphasized the critical need for control measures to assure beef safety...Biomarkers of meat intake and the application of nutrigenomics
Lars O Dragsted
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Copenhagen, 30 Rolighedsvej, DK 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
Meat Sci 84:301-7. 2010Objective dietary intake markers for meat would be useful to assess meat intake in observational studies and as compliance markers in dietary intervention studies...A genome scan reveals QTL for growth, fatness, leanness and meat quality in a Duroc-Pietrain resource population
G Liu
Animal Breeding and Husbandry Group, Institute of Animal Science, University of Bonn, Endenicher Allee 15, 53115 Bonn, Germany
Anim Genet 38:241-52. 2007..Thirty-five phenotypic traits including body weight, growth, carcass composition and meat quality traits were analysed using least square regression interval mapping...Statistical evaluation of test accuracy studies for Toxoplasma gondii in food animal intermediate hosts
I A Gardner
Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Zoonoses Public Health 57:82-94. 2010..We make recommendations for statistical analysis and reporting of test evaluation studies for T. gondii in food animals based on our own experiences and those of others...Detection by multiplex real-time polymerase chain reaction assays and isolation of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli serogroups O26, O45, O103, O111, O121, and O145 in ground beef
Pina M Fratamico
Eastern Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U S Department of Agriculture, 600 East Mermaid Lane, Wyndmoor, PA 19038, USA
Foodborne Pathog Dis 8:601-7. 2011..This work provides a method for detection and isolation in ground beef and potentially other foods of non-O157 STEC of major public health concern...Meat and meat-mutagen intake and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma: results from a NCI-SEER case-control study
Amanda J Cross
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS, Rockville, MD 20892, USA
Carcinogenesis 27:293-7. 2006..b>Meat cooked well-done using high-temperature cooking techniques produces heterocyclic amines (HCAs) and polycyclic ..Influence of dietary vitamin E supplementation on meat quality traits and gene expression related to lipid metabolism in the Beijing-you chicken
W J Li
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Institute of Animal Science, Beijing, China
Br Poult Sci 50:188-98. 20091. The effects of dietary vitamin E (DL-alpha-tocopheryl acetate) on carcase and meat quality, oxidative stability, fatty acid composition of muscle lipids, and gene expression related to lipid metabolism were studied in Beijing-you ..Genetic and environmental effects on meat quality
R D Warner
Department of Primary Industries, Werribee, Australia
Meat Sci 86:171-83. 2010In order for livestock industries to consistently produce high quality meat, there must be an understanding of the factors that cause quality to vary, as well as the contribution of genetics...Physiology, affecting factors and strategies for control of pig meat intramuscular fat
Shi Zheng Gao
Yunnan Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, 650201, China
Recent Pat Food Nutr Agric 1:59-74. 2009..Research has therefore focused on improving meat quality by optimizing IMF...Microarray-based detection of extended virulence and antimicrobial resistance gene profiles in phylogroup B2 Escherichia coli of human, meat and animal origin
Lotte Jakobsen
1Department for Microbiological Surveillance and Research, Statens Serum Institut, Artillerivej 5, DK 2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark
J Med Microbiol 60:1502-11. 2011..It has been hypothesized that the external reservoir for these uropathogenic E. coli in the human intestine may be meat and food-production animals. To investigate such a connection, this study analysed an E...Polymorphisms of cytochrome P450 1A2 and N-acetyltransferase genes, meat consumption, and risk of colorectal cancer
Chih Ching Yeh
Department of Health Risk Management, College of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
Dis Colon Rectum 52:104-11. 2009..A hospital-based study was designed to investigate the association between colorectal cancer and cytochrome P-450 1A2, N-acetyltransferase 1, and N-acetyltransferase 2, with the interaction of meat consumption.Contribution of dietary protein to sulfide production in the large intestine: an in vitro and a controlled feeding study in humans
E A Magee
Dunn Clinical Nutrition Centre, Hills Road, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Am J Clin Nutr 72:1488-94. 2000..Sulfide generation in the colon is probably driven by dietary components such as sulfur-containing amino acids (SAAs) and inorganic sulfur (eg, sulfite)...Biocontrol of Listeria monocytogenes and Escherichia coli O157:H7 in meat by using phages immobilized on modified cellulose membranes
H Anany
Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Appl Environ Microbiol 77:6379-87. 2011..monocytogenes and E. coli O157:H7 in ready-to-eat and raw meat, respectively, under different storage temperatures and packaging conditions...Occupational exposure to meat and risk of lymphoma: a multicenter case-control study from Europe
Tina Moore
Department of Lifestyle, Environment and Cancer, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
Int J Cancer 121:2761-6. 2007Several studies have suggested an increased risk of lymphoma among workers exposed to meat, without conclusive evidence...Fish, meat, and risk of dementia: cohort study
Pascale Barberger-Gateau
INSERM U330, Universite Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, case n degrees 11, 146 rue Leo Saignat, 33076 Bordeaux Cedex, France
BMJ 325:932-3. 2002Characterization of quantitative trait loci for growth and meat quality in a cross between commercial breeds of swine
H Thomsen
Department of Animal Science and the Center for Integrated Animal Genomics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
J Anim Sci 82:2213-28. 2004..two Berkshire grandsires with nine Yorkshire granddams to identify QTL affecting growth, body composition, and meat quality...Production systems and influence on eating quality of pork
Michel Bonneau
UMR 1079 INRA Agrocampus Ouest SENAH, Domaine de la Prise, INRA, F 35590 Saint Gilles, France
Meat Sci 84:293-300. 2010....A second look into fibre typing--relation to meat quality
L Lefaucheur
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique INRA, Unité Mixte de Recherches 1079, Systèmes d Elevage, Nutrition Animale et Humaine, Domaine de la Prise, F 35590 Saint Gilles, France
Meat Sci 84:257-70. 2010Despite intensive research, a large variation in meat quality is still observed in most meat producing species. It is widely accepted that myofibre type composition is an important source of variation in meat quality...
Research Grants
- Health Effects of Lifetime Exposure to Food ContaminantsPhilippe Grandjean; Fiscal Year: 2009..to methylmercury (MeHg) may be estimated, because the MeHg exposure primarily originated from ingestion of whale meat. Local catches of whale pods varied substantially between islands and from year to year, and dissemination of whale ..
- Diet Quality and CVD Risk Factors in a Family Based Weight Management StudyAlice H Lichtenstein; Fiscal Year: 2013..and vegetable, and fish intake;substituting non-fat and low-fat for full-fat milk and dairy products;and reducing meat, fried food and savory snack intakes...
- Diet and Gastrointestinal Cancer Risk in African Americans and Rural AfricansSTEPHEN JD O'KEEFE; Fiscal Year: 2012..by a wealth of experimental evidence, have suggested that the explanation may lie in the high dietary intake of red meat by AAs which increases microbiota populations of sulfur-reducing bacteria (SRBs), which produce cytotoxic and ..
- Novel High Affinity and Long-Acting Bovine FSH Analogs for Veterinary SuperovulatBRUCE DALE WEINTRAUB; Fiscal Year: 2012..by a protein infectious agent which causes a 100% fatal brain disease in humans after eating such infected meat. The two investigators have invented a completely new and more active DNA - derived form of cow-like FSH which ..
- Nutrition and Physical Activity Assessment Study (NPAAS)Ross L Prentice; Fiscal Year: 2013..nitrogen (protein), fructose, sucrose (sugars), alkylresorcinols (whole grains) and 1- and 3- methylhistidine (meat);and blood-derived nutritional measures, including carotenoids (fruits &vegetables), 1- and 3 -tocopherols (..
- Diet, Biomarkers and Lung FunctionRui Jiang; Fiscal Year: 2010..higher lung function, higher lung density, and slower longitudinal decline in lung density in MESA;D) high cured meat intake is associated with greater longitudinal decline in lung function, and high dairy intake is associated with ..
- Case-Cohort Study of Cancers in Excess in Poultry WorkersEric S Johnson; Fiscal Year: 2013..agents is virtually universal, and occurs through: 1) contact with live poultry;2) contact with their blood and raw meat and egg products;3) through ingestion of raw or inadequately cooked poultry meat and eggs;4) inoculation with ..
- Advanced Glycation End-Products and Risk of Pancreatic CancerLi Jiao; Fiscal Year: 2013DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Cigarette smoking, dietary high-fat and red meat intake, and excess body weight are modifiable risk factors for pancreatic cancer...
- Three-generation Human Study of Reproductive Effects of Marine Food ContaminantsPHILIPPE ADAM GRANDJEAN; Fiscal Year: 2010..have an increased exposure to suspected endocrine disrupters from traditional marine food, which may include meat and blubber from the pilot whale...
- Plant-based diets and risk of cancerGary E Fraser; Fiscal Year: 2013..About 45% are vegetarian, but another 25% on average consume 139 gm of meat per day. Thus a very important feature is a wide range of dietary habits...
- Synthesis, StructUre and Replication of Carcirogen-Modified OligonucleotidesCarmelo J Rizzo; Fiscal Year: 2013..Human exposure to HCAs is widespread and usually occurs over a lifetime;epidemiological studies have linked red meat consumption with increased risk of colorectal, breast, and prostate cancers...
- Dietary control of angiogenesis in retinopathy modelsLois Smith; Fiscal Year: 2013..6 PUFA in diet (is eating ?3PUFA (fish) better than not eating ?6 PUFA (meat)?) ii) the positive and negative contributions of enzymatic pathway(s) that produce the major bioactive PUFA ..
- Risk reduction through polyamine inhibition among colorectal carcinoma patientsJASON ZELL; Fiscal Year: 2012..Subsequently we will determine how these genetic effects are influenced by dietary arginine/meat intake to influence survival...
- Intestinal Microbiota, Diet and Risk of Colorectal AdenomasRobert S Sandler; Fiscal Year: 2013..without adenomas, 3) assess the association between adherent bacteria profiles and diet/lifestyle such as fiber, meat intake, obesity (body mass index (BMI), waist-hip-ratio), and NSAID use in relation to colorectal adenomas...
- Impact of Microparticles on Oral TSE InfectionsJoel A Pedersen; Fiscal Year: 2012..Microparticles are found in many other substances than soil. Meat and bone meal (MBM), a commonly used cattle food supplement thought responsible for BSE in Europe...
- DUST MITE, COCKROACH AND CAT ALLERGENS IN ASTHMAThomas A Platts-Mills; Fiscal Year: 2013..southeastern United States and are associated with delayed anaphylaxis following 3-4 hours after consumption of red meat. In keeping with that, the experiments proposed here take advantage of the fact that there are two allergens (alpha-..
- Cortisol regulation of perinatal adipose tissue and sheep neonatal leptin peakStephen P Ford; Fiscal Year: 2013..action on adipose tissue to 1) in women aid diagnosis, prevention and treatment of poor MO OFF outcomes in the current human MO epidemic;2) in sheep, provide the biological information essential to feed efficiency and meat quality.
- Bacterial effectors targeting the IKK/NF-kB pathwayPHILIP ROSS HARDWIDGE; Fiscal Year: 2013DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Despite costly attempts to reduce bacterial contamination of water, meat, and vegetables, Shiga toxin- producing E. coli (STEC) and related enteric pathogens (e.g...
- Epigenetic Modulation of PTPG by Zeranol in Beef Increases Breast Cancer RiskYoung C Lin; Fiscal Year: 2010..in primary cultured normal human breast epithelial cells, stromal cells, and tissues exposed to serum and meat extracts collected from Zimplanted beef heifers...
- Mechanisms for Benzo(a)pyrene-Induced Colon Cancer Exacerbation by Dietary FatAramandla Ramesh; Fiscal Year: 2013..to colorectal cancer (CRC) in USA and in a great majority of the cases surveyed;consumption of well-done red meat and other saturated fats, rich in B(a)P were implicated as a possible causative factor...
- Fungal Polyketide Synthases and Environmental Toxin BiosynthesisCRAIG ARTHUR TOWNSEND; Fiscal Year: 2013..That vigilance accounts for several $B/yr in losses to grain and nut crops and contaminated milk and meat destroyed. The aflatoxins are a paradigm among mycotoxins and occupy a central place in environmental toxicology...
- Bacterial effectors targeting the IKK/NF-kB pathwayPHILIP ROSS HARDWIDGE; Fiscal Year: 2012DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Despite costly attempts to reduce bacterial contamination of water, meat, and produce, Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) and related enteric pathogens (e.g...
- NOC in processed meat as a likely cause of colon cancerSidney S Mirvish; Fiscal Year: 2012DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Nitrite-preserved ("processed") meat is a reported cause of colon cancer. This may occur because processed meat contains N-nitroso compounds (NOC), which induce the cancer...
- Oligosaccharies of Normal and Malignant CellsAjit P Varki; Fiscal Year: 2013..for the human propensity to develop carcinomas, and also provide one explanation for the association of red meat consumption with cancer risk...
- Comparative Genomics of Peroxisomal Lipid MetabolismJoseph Hacia; Fiscal Year: 2009..One such interaction involves dramatic increases in meat consumption prior to migrations of modern humans out of Africa...
- Prospective Studies of Avian Influenza Transmission in AsiaGREGORY CHARLES GRAY; Fiscal Year: 2010..of H5N1 transmission among 900 adults occupationally exposed to poultry (poultry farmers, poultry industry workers, meat processing workers, open poultry market workers), and 300 age-group and gender matched non-exposed controls living ..
- Saturated Fat and Protein Effects on Atherogenic DyslipidemiaRonald M Krauss; Fiscal Year: 2013..There is growing epidemiological evidence that consumption of red meat is associated with greater incidence of CVD than either white meat or non-meat foods...
- Neu5Gc and anti-Neu5Gc antibodies for detection of cancer and cancer riskAjit P Varki; Fiscal Year: 2011..synthesizing NeuSGc and can metabolically incorporate it into tumors from certain dietary sources (particularly red meat and milk)...
- Development of a Biochemical Diagnosis for Creutzfeldt-Jakob diseaseClaudio Soto; Fiscal Year: 2013..disease (sCJD), the most common form, and variant CJD (vCJD) which is associated to consumption of cattle meat infected by bovine spongiform encephalopathy...
- Identifying components of Toxoplasma oocysts that confer environmental resistanceHEATHER MICHELLE FRITZ; Fiscal Year: 2013..Human infections result from ingestion of the environmentally resistant oocysts, through ingestion of undercooked meat from an intermediate host (e.g...
- Increasing Animal Foods in Diets of HIV-Infected Kenyan Women and Their ChildrenJudith A Ernst; Fiscal Year: 2011In the proposed project we will evaluate the effect of protein and micronutrients in meat on the health and nutritional well being of rural Kenyan women living with HIV and the health and development of their children, by means of a ..
- Novel Use of Confocal Microscopy on Cultured Porcine Corneas for Pre-Clinical TesMichelle Piehl; Fiscal Year: 2011..The PorFocal uses waste porcine corneas from the meat industry to assay individual corneal cell death with high sensitivity due to a confocal microscopy endpoint...
- Tuberculosis epidemiology and novel transmission routes in rural TanzaniaPhilip C Hopewell; Fiscal Year: 2013..are believed to result from close contact with cattle (aerosol transmission), ingestion of contaminated milk or meat, or exposure during slaughter...
- Epigenetic changes in a PhIP-induced prostate cancer model in hCYP1A miceCHEN XIAO CHEN; Fiscal Year: 2013..Exposure to PhIP, a dietary carcinogen generated from high temperature cooking of meat and fish, has been associated with prostate cancer risk...
- Complementary feeding: a Global Network cluster randomized controlled trialK Michael Hambidge; Fiscal Year: 2012..Of special importance are iron and zinc, requirements for which can only be attained from unfortified foods if meat/liver are provided on a regular basis from the age of 6 mo...
- Circulating fatty acids and breast cancer risk: a prospective studyA Heather Eliassen; Fiscal Year: 2013..First, we will assess the association of saturated and trans fatty acids that reflect intake of dairy fat and meat (15:0, 16:1n- 7t, 18:1n-7t) and trans fatty acids from partially hydrogenated oils (18:1 and 18:2) with breast ..
- Risk Factors for Breast Cancer in Younger NursesWalter C Willett; Fiscal Year: 2013..To assess potential underlying mechanisms for an association we observed with consumption of red meat, we will evaluate the relation of plasma ferritin to risk of breast cancer...
- Food Safety &BSE/Ruminant Feed Ban Support ProjectTRAVIS JAY KNIGHT; Fiscal Year: 2013..Because Iowa is second in overall agricultural exports, first in live animals and meat, and first in feed grains and products, this program is not only cost-efficient but has the potential to produce a ..
- Detection of Non-Human Sialic Acid in Biotherapeutic ApplicationsElaine Muchmore; Fiscal Year: 2009..Furthermore, various human diseases associated with eating red meat and milk products (particularly heart attacks, strokes, several common cancers, and possibly autoimmune diseases) ..
- GASTRIC ACID SECRETION AND BUFFER CONTENT AFTER EATINGMark Feldman; Fiscal Year: 1991..isoproterenol or terbutaline) reduce gastric acid secretion in humans and animals; to compare soy protein with meat protein as stimulants for acid secretion; to study gastric and duodenal HCO3 secretion; to clarify the role of ..
- Targeting Host and Apicomplexan Isoprenoid PathwaysSilvia N Moreno; Fiscal Year: 2013..of human toxoplasmosis, a systemic infection acquired mostly through contaminated water and vegetables, or uncooked meat. Tissue cyst formation occurs soon after infection and is responsible for lifelong infection in immunocompetent ..
- IgE to carbohydrates causes delayed anaphylaxisSCOTT PALMER COMMINS; Fiscal Year: 2013..controlled food challenges to further understand the delayed appearance of clinical symptoms after eating mammalian meat. Most patients who have IgE to alpha-gal tolerated mammalian meat for many years prior to the onset of symptoms...
- A Prospective Study of Serum Taurine and Stroke Risk in WomenYu Chen; Fiscal Year: 2012..to synthesize more than minor quantities of taurine, it is mostly obtained from diet, mainly seafood and the dark meat of poultry...
- RNA Targeted Screens of the Prion 5'UTRJack T Rogers; Fiscal Year: 2010..endogenous Cu/Zn metaloprotein from being a viable target for protein conversion by infectious PrP (PrPsc) from meat sources (i.e. Scapie from Sheep), and from beef (mad cow disease)...
- Genetic Study of the Yeast Prion-Interacting ProteinsYury O Chernoff; Fiscal Year: 2010..and deer, represent a significant health threat due to a possibility of their transmission to humans with infected meat. Some amyloid diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, are widespread and age-dependent, so that their ..
- Predictors of Mammary Gland Development &Breast Fibroglandular Volume at pubertyKarin B Michels; Fiscal Year: 2013..chemicals, specifically bisphenol A and phthalates;frequent consumption of high fat dairy products and red meat;blood levels of inflammatory markers, specifically interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor, and C-reactive protein;..
- Folic Acid and Creatine as Therapeutic Approaches for Lowering Blood ArenicMARY VELESCA GAMBLE; Fiscal Year: 2013..Urinary creatinine is influenced by dietary intake of creatine (derived from meat), which downregulates endogenous creatine biosynthesis...
- Whole Genome Scan for Modifier Genes in Colorectal CancerLoic Le Marchand; Fiscal Year: 2012..for colon and rectal cancers) and their interactions with a well-defined set of lifestyle variables (folate, red meat, alcohol and calcium intakes, and BMI and pack-years)...
- Dietary Patterns / Dietary Quality and Risk of RA in WomenBing Lu; Fiscal Year: 2013..fish, olive oil and cooked vegetables confer a protective effect against the development of RA, whereas red meat, fat, dairy and cereals may increase the risk of RA, although evidence for dietary etiology is inconclusive...
- Food Emergency Response Network Radiological LaboratoriesGRACE KUBIN; Fiscal Year: 2013..Food and drug inspectors routinely collect samples of ground meat, ready to eat meat products, milk and dairy products, seafood products, and bay water...
- FOSTERING PATIENT ORIENTED RESEARCH IN PEDIATRIC NUTRITIONNancy F Krebs; Fiscal Year: 2013..Three funded POR projects are described in the application: a cluster randomized trial providing meat as a complementary food to infants and toddlers in 4 developing countries;a metabolic study comparing 3 different ..
- ISO/IEC 17025:2005 Accreditation for Texas Food Testing LaboratoryElizabeth Delamater; Fiscal Year: 2013..Food and drug inspectors routinely collect samples of ground meat, ready to eat meat products, milk and dairy products, seafood products, and bay water...
- Dietary Patterns and the Course of Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseJames D Lewis; Fiscal Year: 2013..Animal models and human data lead to a hypothesis that red and processed meat consumption may be associated with relapse of CD...
- Intervention strategies of hemorrhagic colitis and HUSEdgar Boedeker; Fiscal Year: 2004..coli, acquired by ingestion of inadequately cooked meat, or other contaminated foods, cause hemorrhagic colitis, and may induce fatal hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)...
- Faith, Farming, the Future: A church-based program addressing health disparitiesAlice S Ammerman; Fiscal Year: 2011..homegrown produce often leave their rural homes for urban jobs in fast food restaurants or low wage, high-risk meat processing plants...
- Multiple Risk Behavior Intervention in Health Care SettingsKaren M Emmons; Fiscal Year: 2011..The intervention targeted multiple risk factors (red meat, fruit &vegetables, multi-vitamins, physical activity)...
- Host determinants of Toxoplasma and Listeria invasionMy Hang Huynh; Fiscal Year: 2010..Listeria similarly poses a threat to immunodeficient individuals and pregnant women by foodborne ingestion of meat or dairy products contaminated during processing.
- El Valor de Nuestra Salud (The Value of Our Health)Guadalupe X Ayala; Fiscal Year: 2013..to promote sales of ready-to-eat fruits and vegetables, and to work with them to modify selections available in the meat and ready-to-eat food departments...
- Validation of methods for detection of Campylobacter in veterinary patientsShuping Zhang; Fiscal Year: 2013..Risk factors for Campylobacter infection in dogs and cats include consumption of raw meat diets and contaminated treats such as uncooked beef bones...
- Non-invasive Assessment of Skeletal Muscle Loss in Cancer PatientsMorteza Janghorbani; Fiscal Year: 2013..by showing: (i) isotope enrichment in spot urine samples is identical with the corresponding plasma samples, (ii) meat intake up to and including the time of dosing does not influence the slope of the terminal portion of the isotope ..
- Helping "Loncheras" Offer Healthier MealsDeborah A Cohen; Fiscal Year: 2013..recommended nutrients, including at least 1 cup of vegetables, 1 cup of fruit, 1-3 oz whole grains, <5 oz of meat or meat equivalent, <500 mg sodium, <30% calories from fat, and <10% calories from saturated fat, AND it ..
- Risk Factors for Gout Among WomenHyon Choi; Fiscal Year: 2009..suspected risk factors and the risk of incident gout: 1) increased risk with adiposity, weight gain, intake of meat, seafood, and alcohol [beer and liquor, but not wine], hypertension, and diuretic use;2) decreased risk with weight ..
- Maintaining and enhancing accreditation at the Florida Bureau of Food LaboratorieMaria Ishida; Fiscal Year: 2013..in support of the Division of Food Safety, and working for and with our Department's Bureau of Food and Meat Inspection, microbiological and chemical food analyses performed on behalf of the state's manufactured food ..
- Performance Standards for Away from Home MealsDeborah A Cohen; Fiscal Year: 2011..for healthy breakfasts, lunches, and snacks for students in school, specifying the content of fruits, vegetables, meat, whole grains, dairy, salt, fat and calories...
- Biomedical Partnership for Research Education Pipeline in Alaska (Alaska BioPREP)Susan Hills; Fiscal Year: 2011..We use local materials, for example caribou meat, from which students extract DNA, amplify genetic loci, sequence, and evaluate the results...
- Physiological Significance of Conjugated Double Bonds in Membrane LipidsPapasani Subbaiah; Fiscal Year: 2009..occurring trans fatty acids, called conjugated linoleic acids (CLA), which are found in dairy products and meat, have been shown to have several health benefits...
- PrP-scrapie transport across intestinal & BBBNeena Singh; Fiscal Year: 2007..of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) to humans from bovine-spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)-contaminated meat, and the transmission of BSE by intra-venous inoculation of peripheral blood to experimental animals raises two ..
- AMINO ACIDS IN URINE, DIET & BP: INT'L POPULATION STUDYMartha Daviglus; Fiscal Year: 2003..3- methylhistidine, histidine, lysine, anserine (1-methylhistidine- beta-alanine dipeptide) -- reflecting meat protein intake; arginine -- source in cells for nitric oxide (NO), implicated in vasodilation; other urinary amino ..
- BREAST CANCER IN WOMEN OF POLISH ANCESTRYDorothy Pathak; Fiscal Year: 1999..g. glucobrassicins, carotenoids, flavonoids, and antioxidants), and dietary fiber; and 3) increase in intake of meat, meat products and dietary fat; and 4) interaction among the dietary constituents in 1-3 above...
- BREAST CANCER IN WOMEN OF POLISH ANCESTRYDorothy Pathak; Fiscal Year: 2001..g. glucobrassicins, carotenoids, flavonoids, and antioxidants), and dietary fiber; and 3) increase in intake of meat, meat products and dietary fat; and 4) interaction among the dietary constituents in 1-3 above...
- NUTRITIONAL INFLUENCES ON COLON CANCER IN THE TAMARINLynne Ausman; Fiscal Year: 1991..Epidemiologic studies have shown that diets high in fat, cholesterol, and/or meat and low in dietary fiber increase susceptibility to colitis and colon cancer...
- RCT of the Naturopathic Anti-inflammatory DietPatricia Elmer; Fiscal Year: 2007..This diet excludes dairy products, wheat and gluten, citrus, nightshade vegetables, and meat. While the diet is included in naturopathic medicine texts and is taught in all naturopathic medical schools, and ..