FAS

Fas-FasL expression and myocardial cell apoptosis in patients with viral myocarditis

T. F. Huang, Wu, X. H., Wang, X., Lu, I. J., Huang, T. F., Wu, X. H., Wang, X., and Lu, I. J., “Fas-FasL expression and myocardial cell apoptosis in patients with viral myocarditis”, vol. 15, p. -, 2016.

The aim of the current study was to investigate Fas and FasL expression and myocardial cell apoptosis in viral myocarditis patients. Human heart specimens were selected from patients who were autopsied between February 2012 and February 2015; of these, 25 patients were diagnosed with viral myocarditis. Another 15 cases with no diagnosis of myocarditis were selected for the control group.

Differential expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ, fatty acid synthase, and hormone-sensitive lipase in fat-tailed and thin-tailed sheep breeds

X. C. Xu, Li, B. B., Wei, X., Yang, Y. X., Wang, X. L., and Chen, Y. L., “Differential expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ, fatty acid synthase, and hormone-sensitive lipase in fat-tailed and thin-tailed sheep breeds”, vol. 14, pp. 15624-15633, 2015.

Tail fat content affects meat quality, and it varies in different sheep breeds. Theoretically, lipid metabolism contributes to variation in tail fat content. Tail length, tail width, and tail girth were measured in live Tong sheep (with both short fat tail and long fat tail), Shaanbei fine wool sheep (long thin tail), Tan sheep (short fat tail), Kazakh sheep (hip fat tail), and Tibetan sheep (short thin tail).