TY  - JOUR 
AU  - Soto-Méndez, María José
AU  - Romero-Abal, María Eugenia
AU  - Aguilera García, María Eugenia
AU  - Cruz Rico, María
AU  - Solomons, Noel W.
AU  - Schümann, Klaus
AU  - Gil Hernández, Ángel
PY  - 2015
SN  - 1932-6203
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10481/37252
AB  - Background:

Undernutrition and inflammation are related in many ways; for instance, non-hygienic environments are associated with both poor growth and immunostimulation in children.
AB  - Objective:

To describe any existing interaction among different inflammation biomarkers measured in the distinct anatomical compartments of whole blood, feces, plasma and saliva.
AB  - Methods:

In this descriptive, cross-sectional study, samples of whole blood, feces, plasma and saliva were collected on the 8th and last week of observation among 87 attendees (42 girls and 45 boys) of 3 daycare centers offering a common 40-day...
AB  - Results:

Of a total of 66 cross-tabulations in the Spearman hemi-matrix, 22 (33%) were significantly associated. All 10 paired associations among the salivary cytokines had a significant r value, whereas 7 of 10 possible associations among plasma...
AB  - Conclusion:

Interactions ranged from robust within the same anatomical compartment to limited to nil across distinct anatomical compartments. The prominence of the anti-inflammatory cytokine, IL-10, in both plasma and saliva is consistent with its...
LA  - eng
PB  - Public Library of Science (PLOS)
KW  - Cytokines
KW  - Blood plasma
KW  - Biomarkers
KW  - Saliva
KW  - Inflammation
KW  - Children
KW  - White blook cells
KW  - Cell enumeration techniques
TI  - Associations among Inflammatory Biomarkers in the Circulating, Plasmatic, Salivary and Intraluminal Anatomical Compartments in Apparently Healthy Preschool Children from the Western Highlands of Guatemala
DO  - 10.1371/journal.pone.0129158
ER  -