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This article is published in BMJ.The article was published on 2011-04-01 and is currently open access. It has received 729 citations till now.

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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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Inhibitory effect of curcumin on xanthine dehydrogenase/oxidase induced by phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate in NJH3T3 cells

TL;DR: Induction of XO activity is deemed to be one of the major causative elements in PMA-mediated tumor promotion, and the major inhibitory mechanism of curcumin on PMa-induced increases in XD/XO enzyme activities is through direct inactivation at the protein level.
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Lack of association between dietary fructose and hyperuricemia risk in adults

TL;DR: Examination of the association of dietary fructose intake with hyperuricemia risk in adults suggests a potential effect of fructose consumption in an ordinary diet on serum uric acid differs from results found in some short-term studies using atypical exposure and/or levels of fructose administration.
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Tophaceous gout of the spine mimicking epidural infection: case report and review of the literature.

TL;DR: A case of a patient with tophaceous gout of the lumbar spine who was initially diagnosed with and treated for an epidural infection is presented and the clinical suspicion of spinal gout may lead to the correct diagnosis by a less invasive approach than exploration and laminectomy.
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