William J. Banz
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
69 Papers
925 Citations
William J. Banz is an academic researcher from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The author has contributed to research in topics: Soy protein & Isoflavones. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 67 publications. Previous affiliations of William J. Banz include University of Tennessee & Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.
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Papers
Molecular mechanisms of action of the soy isoflavones includes activation of promiscuous nuclear receptors. A review
TL;DR: A review of soy isoflavones as agents affecting lipid metabolism can be found in this paper, where the authors focus on the effect of soy protein itself, bioactive peptides produced during the digestive process, or the soy is oflavones.
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REVIEWS: CURRENT TOPICS Molecular mechanisms of action of the soy isoflavones includes activation of promiscuous nuclear receptors. A review
Marie-Louise Ricketts,David D. Moore,William J. Banz,Orsolya Mezei,Neil F. Shay +4 more
- 01 Jan 2005
TL;DR: This review will focus on isoflavones as agents affecting lipid metabolism and the recent advances in the discovery and evaluation of the promiscuous nuclear receptors that bind many different chemical ligands should prove to help explain some of the biological effects of soy is oflavones and other phytochemicals.
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Daidzein and the daidzein metabolite, equol, enhance adipocyte differentiation and PPARγ transcriptional activity
TL;DR: Results indicate that daidzein enhances insulin-stimulated glucose uptake in adipocytes by increasing the expression of GLUT4 and IRS-1 via the activation of PPARgamma, and further support the recent findings that favorable effects of dietary soy isoflavones may be attributable to daidzesin and its metabolite equol.
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Soy protein and isoflavones influence adiposity and development of metabolic syndrome in the obese male ZDF rat
Jeremy E. Davis,Allan Higginbotham,Timothy O’Connor,Naima Moustaid-Moussa,Adam Tebbe,Young-Cheul Kim,Kae Won Cho,Neil F. Shay,Stuart Adler,Richard G. Peterson,William J. Banz +10 more
TL;DR: Evidence is provided that soy protein with low or high isoflavone content may have therapeutic significance in reducing severity of diabetes, MS, and renal disease as demonstrated in this preclinical model of Zucker Diabetic Fatty rats.
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REGULATION OF GENE TRANSCRIPTION BY BOTANICALS: Novel Regulatory Mechanisms
Neil F. Shay,William J. Banz +1 more
TL;DR: Novel mechanisms by which botanical products regulate cell function via gene transcription are focused on, including the discovery that hyperforin is an active ingredient of the herbal remedy St. John's wort, and activates gene transcription of cytochrome p450-3A4, causing significant botanical-drug interactions.
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