Combined infusion of glutamine and arginine: does it make sense?

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The aim of this overview is to highlight the multiple ways in which oxidative stress could be exacerbating muscle wasting. Understanding these interactions in vivo will assist in identifying opportunities for more targeted therapies to reduce skeletal muscle wasting. RECENT FINDINGS:There are many ex...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Arthur PG,Grounds MD,Shavlakadze T

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Fructose malabsorption is associated with gastrointestinal symptoms. This review examines new findings on the physiology, assessment and therapy of fructose malabsorption in functional gastrointestinal disorders. RECENT FINDINGS:Additional GLUT transport mechanisms that regulate fructose absorption m...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Putkonen L,Yao CK,Gibson PR

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The data indicating that alcohol is an important factor increasing the risk to develop gastrointestinal cancer are consolidating. The purpose of this review is to summarize current evidence. RECENT FINDINGS:Acetaldehyde is the first metabolite of ethanol metabolism and has direct carcinogenic and mut...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Haas SL,Ye W,Löhr JM

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:A new nutrition-related risk assessment tool, the Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI), has been recently proposed. The aim of this review is to summarize current evidences on the use of this tool with particular focus on the rationales of its application in elderly healthcare. RECENT FINDINGS:Str...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Cereda E,Pedrolli C

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To examine the stability and compatibility of histamine H2-receptor antagonists in parenteral nutrition admixtures in order to provide well tolerated and effective therapy. RECENT FINDINGS:Many stability investigations were carried out before 2005, but no critical appraisal of published data has been...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Puzovic M,Hardy G

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:L-Arginine is the precursor for nitric oxide synthesis. In the brain, nitric oxide acts as a neurotransmitter; in the immune system, nitric oxide acts as a mediator of host defense; in the cardiovascular system, nitric oxide mediates the protective effects of the intact endothelium, acting as an endog...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Böger RH

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The role of calorie restriction in humans is controversial. Recently, new data in monkeys and humans have provided new insights into the potential role of calorie restriction in longevity. RECENT FINDINGS:A study in rhesus monkeys showed a reduction in aging-associated mortality. A number of controll...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Morley JE,Chahla E,Alkaade S

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Malnutrition and polypharmacy increase with age and polymorbidity and their relationship is based on a number of mechanisms. The occurrence of malnutrition in both in-patients and out-patients and its dependence on polymorbidity and age are well known, but the interrelation of polypharmacy and malnutr...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Zadak Z,Hyspler R,Ticha A,Vlcek J

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Preoperative nutritional support in severely malnourished patients decreases complications after major surgery. This review summarizes previous studies on head and neck cancer patients undergoing surgery, and offers recommendations on preoperative nutritional support based on the literature and our ex...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Bertrand PC,Piquet MA,Bordier I,Monnier P,Roulet M

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Different types of dietary fatty acids have distinct, and sometimes opposing, effects on endothelial cell function. Long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids from fish oil (eicosapentaenoic-acid-20:5n-3 and docosahexaenoic-acid-22:6n-3) attenuate cytokine-induced adhesion molecule expression (mRNA and protein) while ...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Wahle KW,Rotondo D

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most common methods for measuring the incorporation of tracer amino acids into tissue protein are the constant tracer infusion and the flooding dose. The flooding dose is an attractive method for measuring tissue protein synthesis because of its convenience and precision. A primary assumption of the method, that t...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Davis TA,Reeds PJ

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This article aims at reviewing the recent findings that have been made concerning the crosstalk of carbohydrate metabolism with the generation of small, dense low-density lipoprotein (LDL) particles, which are known to be associated with an adverse cardiovascular risk profile. RECENT FINDINGS:Studies...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Gerber PA,Berneis K

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arginine is a non-essential amino acid in mammals as judged from nitrogen balance study. Citrulline is synthesized from glutamate in the small intestine, whilst kidneys and some other tissues convert citrulline to arginine. Ornithine transcarbamylase and carbamylphosphate synthetase are expressed in liver and small in...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Wakabayashi Y

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Adipogenesis has been extensively studied in the context of carbohydrate and lipid metabolism. However, little information exists on the role of amino acid metabolism during adipocyte differentiation. Here, we review how branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) metabolism is modified during adipogenesis and, ...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Salinas-Rubio D,Tovar AR,Noriega LG

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The obesity paradox is a highly controversial concept that may be attributed to methodological limitations related to its identification. One of the primary concerns is the use of BMI to define obesity. This index does not differentiate lean versus adipose tissue compartments (i.e. body composition) c...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Prado CM,Gonzalez MC,Heymsfield SB

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To review the domains in which computerized information systems have proven beneficial in facilitating the metabolic and nutritional management RECENT FINDINGS:In glucose control, computerized insulin algorithms have proven safer and more efficient than manual systems, reducing workload, time to targ...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Berger MM,Que YA

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Randomized controlled trials can be difficult to conduct in critically ill patients and may not always be the most appropriate type of study. Cohort studies can provide valuable information in large complete populations of patients without strict exclusion criteria and without the need for informed co...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Vincent JL,Preiser JC

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Epigenetics has emerged in recent years as one of the most important biological mechanisms linking exposures across the life course to long-term health. This article reviews recent developments in our understanding of the metabolic and genetic determinants of epigenetic variation in human populations....

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Haggarty P

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Food products have variously been reported as causing, perpetuating or treating irritable bowel syndrome. The evidence for this is reviewed with regard to recent studies investigating symptom reporting, mono- and disaccharide malabsorption and probiotics. The development of objective measures remains an urgent priorit...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Dunlop SP,Spiller RC

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The loss of skeletal muscle with injury or critical illness can be dramatic. This review emphasizes the importance of skeletal muscle as a metabolic reserve. Changes in protein metabolism with bed rest alone and during physiological stress are discussed. Nutritional and hormonal interventions that ame...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Ferrando AA,Paddon-Jones D,Wolfe RR

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:There is considerable interest in glutamine and selenium in critical care as both offer the potential to enhance host defences, through different but complimentary mechanisms and may reduce subsequent infections and mortality. The SIGNET trial (randomized controlled factorial trial) is the largest, cr...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Andrews PJ

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To examine recent findings related to the influence of omega-3 (ω-3) fatty acid supplementation on skeletal muscle anabolism with a particular focus on situations of skeletal muscle disuse. RECENT FINDINGS:Skeletal muscle disuse results in a reduction in fed and fasted rates of skeletal muscle protei...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Ferguson EJ,Seigel JW,McGlory C

更新日期：2020-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This article describes recent findings regarding lipid metabolism in critical illness as well as in lipid therapy. RECENT FINDINGS:In critical illness, in the presence of a decrease in lipid absorption, adipose tissue lipolysis raises triglyceride levels. High-density lipoprotein and low-density lipo...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Green P,Theilla M,Singer P

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant sterols have recently been recommended by the National Cholesterol Education Panel for use with the more traditional approaches of limiting saturated fat and cholesterol intakes, maintaining a healthy body weight and engaging in regular exercise, as a non-pharmacological approach to reduce low-density lipoprotei...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Lichtenstein AH

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enteral feeding systems provide a mechanism for nutritional support for patients who may be unable to tolerate oral dietary sustenance. This review takes into account recent infection control issues relating to enteral feeding systems. The review is organized into the following areas of emphasis: infections associated...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Marion ND,Rupp ME

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The aim of this article is to emphasize the importance of malnutrition in frail institutionalized elderly and discuss recent interventions that have been shown to decrease its prevalence. RECENT FINDINGS:A Medline search was conducted from 1968 to 2007 under the search terms aging, nutrition, and nur...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Labossiere R,Bernard MA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Dietary fiber may play a role in obesity prevention through reduction of body weight and control of appetite, however, not all fibers are created equally, and characteristics of fiber such as viscosity, fermentability and solubility may affect appetite differently. RECENT FINDINGS:Although early stud...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Korczak R,Slavin JL

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and nonalcoholic steato hepatitis have an increasing prevalence among liver diseases. Overweight and obesity are frequently associated conditions in patients with fatty liver. Skeletal muscle mass depletion may also coexist with chronic liver disease even in ob...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Merli M,Lattanzi B,Aprile F

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Lipid sources for enteral nutrition continue to be an exciting area of investigation. It is timely to review recent developments which have largely contributed to thrust enteral feeding into a new era. RECENT FINDINGS:Although much more research needs to be done, there is a better understanding of th...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Roy CC,Bouthillier L,Seidman E,Levy E

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of many different rodent models of muscle wasting have indicated that accelerated proteolysis via the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway is the principal cause of muscle atrophy induced by fasting, cancer cachexia, metabolic acidosis, denervation, disuse, diabetes, sepsis, burns, hyperthyroidism and excess glucocort...

journal_title：Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

authors： Jagoe RT,Goldberg AL

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00