The plasma levels of FFA and total cholesterol were determined using their respective enzymatic kits (Cayman, Ann Arbor, MI, USA and Biovision, Mountain View, CA, USA) [24,25].
Sample text:```Consistent with our results, there was no significant association of 25(OH)D and mortality in a 3-year follow-up study of 230 Chinese patients with a median peritoneal dialysis duration of 26 months [7].```
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Sample text:```Endothelial cell cultures and capillary tubeswere generated as previously described (5, 11).```
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Sample text:```A linear relationship between erythrocyte GSH-Px and whole blood Se concentration was already described in camel [3, 8].```
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Sample text:```Our results confi rm previous studies that reached the same conclusion (Boushey et al 1994; Vermeulen et al 2000; Till et al 2005; Marcucci et al 2005).```
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Sample text:```The fiber length distribution and coarseness were measured using a fiber quality analyzer (FQA, OpTest Equipment Inc., Hawkesbury, Canada) with an average of 5,000 fibers analyzed as previously described (Ju et al. 2013b).```
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Sample text:```Prior CLHNS studies noted that CRP levels were substantially lower in the Philippines than in the USA [9, 10].```
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Sample text:```Our results confi rm previous studies that reached the same conclusion (Boushey et al 1994; Vermeulen et al 2000; Till et al 2005; Marcucci et al 2005).```
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Sample text:```Prior CLHNS studies noted that CRP levels were substantially lower in the Philippines than in the USA [9, 10].```
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Sample text:```Consistent with our results, there was no significant association of 25(OH)D and mortality in a 3-year follow-up study of 230 Chinese patients with a median peritoneal dialysis duration of 26 months [7].```
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Sample text:```LG/J and SM/J mice have been shown to differ in their response to a high-fat diet for traits involved in various metabolic syndrome domains [23,24].```
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Sample text:```Two days after transfection, cells were harvested and D2 activity was measured in lysates using HPLC, as described previously (20).```
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Sample text:```1996) and then to the effector enzyme, namely phospholipase C-b 2 (PLC-b 2) (Adler et al. 2000).```
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Sample text:```The fiber length distribution and coarseness were measured using a fiber quality analyzer (FQA, OpTest Equipment Inc., Hawkesbury, Canada) with an average of 5,000 fibers analyzed as previously described (Ju et al. 2013b).```
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Sample text:```In line with our results, several previous studies demonstrated the anti-proliferative effect of PPARs agonists in several cell types [11-15].```
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Sample text:```Endothelial cell cultures and capillary tubeswere generated as previously described (5, 11).```
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Sample text:```A linear relationship between erythrocyte GSH-Px and whole blood Se concentration was already described in camel [3, 8].```
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