March 1995
Supplement
Volume 125, Number 3S

Official Publication of the American Institute of Nutrition

First International symposium on the Role of Soy in Preventing and Treating Chronic Disease

Proceedings from a symposium held in Mesa, Arizona, on February 20-23, 1994

Guest Editors:
Mark Messina and John w. Erdman, Jr.

These proceedings are sponsored by Protein Technologies International, the soybean growers from Nebraska, Indiana and Iowa and the United Soybean Board.

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Table of Contents

Modern Applications for an Ancient Bean: Soybeans and the Prevention and Treatment of Chronic Disease. Mark Messina

Soy Intake and Cholesterol Reduction

Dietary Protein, Cholesterol and Atherosclerosis: A Review of the Early History. David Kritchevsky
Soy Consumption and Cholesterol Reduction: Review of Animal and Human Studies. Kenneth K. Carroll and Elzbieta M. Kurowska
Soy and Cholesterol Reduction: Clinical Experience. Cesare R. Sirtori, Maria R. Lovati, Cristina Manzoni, Marco Monetti, Franco Pazzucconi and Ennio Gatti

Soy and Cholesterol Reduction: Hypothesized Mechanisms

Overview of Proposed Mechanisms for the Hypocholesterolemic Effects of Soy. Susan M. Potter
Cholesterol Synthesis and Absorption by 2H20 and 180-Cholesterol and Hypocholesterolemic Effect of Soy Protein. William W. Wong, David L. Hachey, Lucinda L. Clarke and Shide Zhang
Soy Protein, Thyroid Regulation and Cholesterol Metabolism. William A. Forsythe III

Soy and Heart Disease Prevention: Potential Mechanisms Unrelated to Cholesterol Reduction

Biology of Atherosclerotic Plaque Formation: Possible Role of Growth Factors in Lesion Development and the Potential Impact of Soy. Elaine W. Raines and Russell Ross
Thrombotic Mechanisms in Atherosclerosis: Potential Impact of Soy Proteins. Josiah N. Wilcox and Barbara F. Blumenthal
Protective Effects of Soy Protein on the Peroxidizability of Lipoproteins in Cerebrovascular Diseases. Takemichi Kanazawa, Tomohiro Osanai, Xiao Shu Zhang, Tsugumichi Uemura, Xue Ze Yin Kogo Onodera, Yasaburo Oike and Kazuyoshi Ohkubo

Potential Public Health Impact of Soy Protein

Overview: Dietary Approaches for Reducing Cardiovascular Disease Risks. Johanna Dwyer
Incorporating Soy Proteins into Baked Products for Use in Clinical Studies. Barbara P. Klein, Aiko K. Perry and Nancy Adair
Perspectives on Soy Protein as a Nonpharmacological Approach for Lowering Cholesterol. Anne Carol Goldberg
Diet and Heart Disease: Health Claims. Elizabeth A. Yetley and Youngmee K. Park

Soy Intake and Cancer Risk: Animal and Epidemiologic Studies

Soy and Experimental Cancer: Animal Studies. E. J. Hawrylewicz, Jose J. Zapata and William H. Blair
Epidemiology of Soy and Cancer: Perspectives and Directions. Victoria Persky and Linda Van Horn

Nonisopavone Soybean Anticarcinogens

Cancer Chemoprevention Agent Development Strategies for Genistein. Vernon E. Steele, Michael A Pereira Caroline C. Sigman and Gary 1. Kelloff
Saponins as Anticarcinogens. A. V. Rao and M-K Sung
Inositol Phosphates Have Novel Anti-Cancer Function. Abulkalam M. Shamsuddin
The Evidence for Soybean Products as Cancer Preventive Agents. Ann R. Kennedy
Possible Adverse Effects of Soybean Anticarcinogens. Irvin E. Liener

Soybean IsoflaDones and Cancer Risk

In Vitro Hormonal Effects of Soybean Isoflavones. Agostino Molteni, Loredana Brizio-Molteni and Victoria Persky
Soybean Phytoestrogen Intake and Cancer Risk. C. Herman T. Adlercreutz, Barry R. Goldin, Sherwood L. Gorbach, Krister A. V. Hockerstedt, Shaw Watanabe, Esa K. Hamalainen, M. Helene Markkanen, Taru H. Makela, Kristiina T. Wahala, Tapio A. Hase and Theodore Fotsis

Anticancer Effects of Genistein

Effects of Genistein on In Vitro and In Vivo Models of Cancer. Stephen Barnes
Evaluation of the Biochemical Targets of Genistein in Tumor Cells. Greg Peterson
Genistein, a Dietary Ingested Isoflavonoid, Inhibits Cell Proliferation and InVitro Angiogenesis. Theodore Fotsis, Michael Pepper, Herman Adlercreutz, Tapio Hase, Roberto Montesano and Lothar Schweigerer

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This supplement to The Journal of Nutrition includes papers and abstracts presented at the First International Symposium on the Role of Soy in Preventing and Treating Chronic Disease, held in Mesa, Arizona, February 20-23, 1994. This supplement is the responsibility of the guest editors, to whom the Editor of The Journal of Nutrition has delegated supervision of both technical conformity to the published regulations of The Journal of Nutrition and general oversight of the scientific merit of each article. Each article in this section was subject to strict peer review before publication, as are all articles published in The Journal of Nutrition.

The symposium was sponsored by Protein Technologies International, the soybean growers from Nebraska Indiana and Iowa and the United Soybean Board. The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and are not attributable to the sponsors or the publisher, editor, or editorial board of The Journal of Nutrition. The costs of publication of this supplement were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. This publication must therefore be hereby marked "advertisement" in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact.


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