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

DULGER H., ARIK M., Sekeroglu M. R., TARAKCIOGLU M., NOYAN T., CESUR Y., ...More

MEDIATORS OF INFLAMMATION, vol.11, no.6, pp.363-365, 2002 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 11 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2002
  • Doi Number: 10.1080/0962935021000051566
  • Journal Name: MEDIATORS OF INFLAMMATION
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.363-365
  • Van Yüzüncü Yıl University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

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 indicators of the disorders associated with PEM.