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Sugar-sweetened beverages and risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes: Epidemiologic evidence

TL;DR: It is thought that SSBs contribute to weight gain in part by incomplete compensation for energy at subsequent meals following intake of liquid calories, and should be replaced by healthy alternatives such as water, to reduce risk of obesity and chronic diseases.
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Uric acid transport and disease.

TL;DR: The biology of urate metabolism and its role in disease is discussed and recent studies identifying SLC2A9, which encodes the glucose transporter family isoform Glut9, as a major determinant of plasma uric acid levels and of gout development are identified.
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A Broader View: Microbial Enzymes and Their Relevance in Industries, Medicine, and Beyond

TL;DR: In this review, an approach has been made to highlight the importance of different enzymes with special emphasis on amylase and lipase in the different industrial and medical fields.
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Where is mTOR and what is it doing there

TL;DR: The finding that mTORC1 is localized to the lysosome has significantly enhanced the understanding of m TORC1 regulation and may be a general principle used by TOR to enact precise spatial and temporal control of cell growth.
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Comparison of the angiotensin II antagonist losartan with the angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor enalapril in patients with essential hypertension

TL;DR: Losartan is an effective and 11-tolerated antihypertensive drug showing similar blood-pressure-lowering efficacy to that of enalapril at trough, however, in contrast to en alapril, losartan does not increase the incidence of dry coughing.
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Crystals of monosodium urate monohydrate enhance lipopolysaccharide-induced release of interleukin 1 beta by mononuclear cells through a caspase 1-mediated process.

TL;DR: Investigation of whether production of proinflammatory cytokines by crystals was exacerbated during costimulation with Toll-like receptor (TLR) ligands finds MSU crystals act in synergy with LPS for the induction of enhanced release of IL1 beta, and increased cleavage of proIL1 beta by urate-activated caspase 1 is proposed as the underlying mechanism.
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Serum Uric Acid and Adiposity: Deciphering Causality Using a Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization Approach

TL;DR: It is suggested that elevated SUA is a consequence rather than a cause of adiposity in adult Caucasians, and the direction of causality is still unclear in the presence of conflicting evidences.
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Detection of crystals in synovial fluids by light microscopy: sensitivity and reliability.

TL;DR: In this article, the threshold for reliable identification of monosodium urate monohydrate (MSUM), calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD), and basic calcium phosphates (BCP) was investigated.
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Purine Overproduction in Man Associated with Increased Phosphoribosylpyrophosphate Synthetase Activity

TL;DR: In hemolyzates from red cells of two brothers with purine overproduction and gout, activity of phosphoribosylpyrophosphate synthetase is more than twofold greater than that measured in normal or other gouty individuals.
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