Disease Tolerance Trick or Treat: Give Your Brain Something Good to Eat.
review · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.cell.2016.08.034.
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Abstract
The reprioritization of feeding motivations during disease is proposed to optimize host defense strategies against infection. Now, Wang et al. identify that sickness-induced anorexia differentially shapes the metabolic requirements of cellular stress adaptations, leading to opposite impact on disease tolerance upon bacterial versus viral infections.
Medical subject headings
- Anorexia
- Immune Tolerance