Obesity, inflammation, toll-like receptor 4 and fatty acids

MM Rogero, PC Calder - Nutrients, 2018 - mdpi.com
Obesity leads to an inflammatory condition that is directly involved in the etiology of
cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and certain types of cancer. The classic …

[HTML][HTML] l-carnitine: Nutrition, pathology, and health benefits

AH Alhasaniah - Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
Carnitine is a medically needful nutrient that contributes in the production of energy and the
metabolism of fatty acids. Bioavailability is higher in vegetarians than in people who eat …

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 …

Nutrition and metabolism in burn patients

A Clark, J Imran, T Madni, SE Wolf - Burns & trauma, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Severe burn causes significant metabolic derangements that make nutritional support
uniquely important and challenging for burned patients. Burn injury causes a persistent and …

[HTML][HTML] The obesity epidemic: challenges, health initiatives, and implications for gastroenterologists

RT Hurt, C Kulisek, LA Buchanan… - Gastroenterology & …, 2010 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Obesity is the next major epidemiologic challenge facing today's doctors, with the annual
allocation of healthcare resources for the disease and related comorbidities projected to …

The physiologic response and associated clinical benefits from provision of early enteral nutrition

SA McClave, DK Heyland - Nutrition in Clinical Practice, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Provision of enteral nutrition (EN) to critically ill patients early upon admission to the
intensive care unit exerts a beneficial physiologic effect that downregulates systemic …

Chronic medical conditions and risk of sepsis

HE Wang, NI Shapiro, R Griffin, MM Safford, S Judd… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background We sought to determine the associations between baseline chronic medical
conditions and future risk of sepsis. Methods Longitudinal cohort study using the 30,239 …

Plasma n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids are negatively associated with obesity

M Micallef, I Munro, M Phang, M Garg - British journal of nutrition, 2009 - cambridge.org
The objective of the present study was to investigate the relationship between plasma n-3
PUFA composition and weight status. A total of 124 adults, stratified by weight status: healthy …

Carnitine in bacterial physiology and metabolism

JA Meadows, MJ Wargo - Microbiology, 2015 - microbiologyresearch.org
Carnitine is a quaternary amine compound found at high concentration in animal tissues,
particularly muscle, and is most well studied for its contribution to fatty acid transport into …

Role of carnitine in the regulation of glucose homeostasis and insulin sensitivity: evidence from in vivo and in vitro studies with carnitine supplementation and carnitine …

R Ringseis, J Keller, K Eder - European journal of nutrition, 2012 - Springer
Background Although carnitine is best known for its role in the import of long-chain fatty
acids (acyl groups) into the mitochondrial matrix for subsequent β-oxidation, carnitine is also …