Reprogramming of basic metabolic pathways in microbial sepsis: therapeutic targets at last?

L Van Wyngene, J Vandewalle… - EMBO molecular medicine, 2018 - embopress.org
Sepsis is a highly lethal and urgent unmet medical need. It is the result of a complex
interplay of several pathways, including inflammation, immune activation, hypoxia, and …

[HTML][HTML] Role of carnitine in disease

JL Flanagan, PA Simmons, J Vehige, MDP Willcox… - Nutrition & …, 2010 - Springer
Carnitine is a conditionally essential nutrient that plays a vital role in energy production and
fatty acid metabolism. Vegetarians possess a greater bioavailability than meat eaters …

Trade‐offs in evolutionary immunology: just what is the cost of immunity?

RL Lochmiller, C Deerenberg - Oikos, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
It has become increasingly clear that life‐history patterns among the vertebrates have been
shaped by the plethora and variety of immunological risks associated with parasitic faunas …

Body composition tools for assessment of adult malnutrition at the bedside: a tutorial on research considerations and clinical applications

CP Earthman - Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Because of the key role played by the body's lean tissue reserves (of which skeletal muscle
is a major component) in the response to injury and illness, its maintenance is of central …

Stress, inflammation and cardiovascular disease

PH Black, LD Garbutt - Journal of psychosomatic research, 2002 - Elsevier
Various psychosocial factors have been implicated in the etiology and pathogenesis of
certain cardiovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis, now considered to be the result of …

[HTML][HTML] Vitamin A plasma levels in COVID-19 patients: a prospective multicenter study and hypothesis

PR Tepasse, R Vollenberg, M Fobker, I Kabar… - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
COVID-19 is a pandemic disease that causes severe pulmonary damage and
hyperinflammation. Vitamin A is a crucial factor in the development of immune functions and …

The microinflammatory state in uremia: causes and potential consequences

GA Kaysen - Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2001 - journals.lww.com
Mortality is markedly elevated in patients with end-stage renal disease. The leading cause of
death is cardiovascular disease. Lipoprotein levels are only slightly elevated in dialysis …

[HTML][HTML] Nutrition, anabolism, and the wound healing process: an overview

RH Demling - Eplasty, 2009 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective: To develop a clear, concise, and up-to-date treatise on the role of anabolism from
nutrition in wound healing. Special emphasis was to be placed on the effect of the stress …

Prevalence of malnutrition in pediatric hospital patients

KFM Joosten, JM Hulst - Current opinion in pediatrics, 2008 - journals.lww.com
The prevalence of acute malnutrition of children admitted to hospital is still considerably
high, but there is a scarcity of data concerning the nutritional status during hospital …

Tradeoffs between immune function and childhood growth among Amazonian forager-horticulturalists

SS Urlacher, PT Ellison, LS Sugiyama… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Immune function is an energetically costly physiological activity that potentially diverts
calories away from less immediately essential life tasks. Among developing organisms, the …