... rats was modified neither by FLX nor by agonists. As a consequence of malnutrition, there were lower numbers of cells and AMs in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, and cell viability and NO release by AMs were impaired. Conclusions: Nutritional manipulation in the perinatal period seems to interfere...

... living in nutritionally deficient areas and submitted to stressful conditions. Thus, perinatal malnutrition turns on different genes that provide the organism with a thrifty phenotype. In conditions of abundant supply of nutrients, those programmed organisms can be at risk of developing metabolic...

... function. However, there are few data on the consequences of nutritional deficiency in allergic diseases of the lung. In fact, malnutrition is the most common cause of immunodeficiency worldwide. Several studies have indicated that the incidence of alterations in lung functions can be associated with birth...

...Jairza Barreto-Medeiros; Adenilda Queiros-Santos; José Eulálio Cabral-Filho; Wylla Tatiana Ferreira e Silva; Carol Góis Leandro; Tereza Cristina Deiró; Raul Manhaes-de-Castro; Célia Maria Machado Barbosa de-Castro Background/Aims: Neonatal malnutrition induces metabolic and endocrine changes...