the bulk of our knowledge on immunosuppression in malnutrition comes from the experiments done on cell-mediated immunity. however, malnutrition-induced modifications of humoral immunity have been less understood. the objective of this study was to determine the effects of acute protein-energy malnutrition on serum levels of immunoglobulins and their subclasses in murine models. male and female ...

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...

objective: melanocortin-4 receptor (mc4r) and agouti-related peptide (agrp) are involved in energy homeostasis in the rat. the aim of the present study was to evaluate the expression of mc4r and agrp mrnas in arcuate nucleus (arc) during long term malnutrition of female ovariectomized rats. materials and methods: ten female ovariectomized rats were divided into two equal groups (n=6) of normal ...

background: malnutrition is of importance factors that cause the increasing of hospitalization duration and effects on the development of main diseases. therefore, we are going to assess the nutritional indices among icu impatients. methods: height, weight, received necessary energy for subjects were measured. also circumference of mid-arm and body temperature was measured twice within a week i...

The effect of protein energy malnutrition (PEM) in the children on serum levels of total thyroxine (TT4), total triodothyronine (TT3) and thyrotropin (TSH) were evaluated. There were 107 children aged 2 to 60 months in the malnutrition group and 54 healthy age and sex matched controls. Serum TT4 and TT3 were all reduced in the malnutrition group. This decrease in TT3 was more significant (p < 0...

The use of a high-fat diet in malnourished children produced accelerated growth of lean tissues as well as adipose tissue, and resulted in rapid nutirtional rehabilitation in 25 seriously malnourished babies. Such diets are easy to prepare and relatively cheap, and they offer important advantages over conventional feeding in the hospital treatment of malnourished children.