Pro-inflammatory cytokines in Turkish children with protein-energy malnutrition

Pro-inflammatory cytokines in Turkish children with protein-energy malnutrition.

BACKGROUND Protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) results from food insufficiency as well as from poor social and economic conditions. Development of PEM is due to insufficient nutrition. Children with PEM lose their resistance to infections because of a disordered immune system. It has been reported that the changes occurring in mediators referred to as cytokines in the immune system may be indicat...

Inflammatory mediators in children with protein-energy malnutrition.

Edema is a typical sign in kwashiorkor, which is present in a subset of patients with protein-energy-malnutrition (PEM). The pathophysiology of this edema is not well established. One of the abnormalities found in kwashiorkor is reduced concentrations of antioxidants, suggesting a compromised capacity to neutralize free radicals, which are known to induce tissue damage. We have studied plasma c...

Protein Energy Malnutrition in preschool tribe’s children of Chhattisgarh

Objective: The aim of this study was to find out the prevalence of protein energy malnutrition(PEM) by anthropometric measurements in preschool children of tribal community of Chhattisgarh. Material and Methods: A total of 449 children [237 boys and 212 girls] from 286 families were selected randomly. Anthropometric measurements were done as per standard protocol. The level of underweight, stun...

Altered serum pro-inflammatory cytokines in children with Down's syndrome.

There are reports showing that pro-inflammatory cytokines are dysregulated in patients with Down's syndrome (DS). However, most of these reports concern adults. We analyzed cytokine levels in serum samples from children with DS, and compared them with samples from intellectually disabled (ID), and healthy, control children. Blood samples were collected from 24 DS, 24 age-/sex-matched ID, and 24...

Pro-inflammatory cytokines in atherosclerosis.