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Filter by:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a common and complex disease characterized by persistent airflow limitation, is a leading cause of mortality worldwide. COPD and its comorbidity are associated with hypoxia condition. Further investigations on the cellular and molecular aspects of hypoxia in COPD should help to reveal the mechanisms underlying the development of this disease. Dysfunction of the erythrocyte, a main medium to transport oxygen through the blood, contributes to the prognosis and severity of COPD through hypoxia. It is proposed that dysregulated proteins in erythrocytes that impair oxygen transport may be involved in the development of COPD. However, a comprehensive study on altered proteins of erythrocytes in COPD is still lacking. Proteomics techniques and protein chip techniques provide a high throughput screening method to figure out characteristic inflammatory or metabolic markers of diseases. Therefore, this study is to evaluate the clinical significance of differential erythrocyte proteins in the course of COPD disease.
Introduction: Protein rich foods that are alternatives to farm-grown meat have received considerable consumer attention. Whilst meat alternatives were once niche food products aimed at vegetarians, they are increasingly marketed to omnivores and "flexitarians", thus contributing to a trend for reductions in red meat intakes [1]. Studies to date have addressed the environmental benefit, plus consumer perceptions and acceptability of meat alternatives [2, 3, 4], yet there is surprisingly a paucity of data compared the nutritional and digestive differences to meat. The aim of this trial is to compare the digestive consequences of pasture-fed and grain-finished, beef versus a plant-based meat analogue blinded meal. Methods and analyses: Healthy, young (20-34 y) participants will be asked to consume three separate meals in a crossover, blinded investigation followed by five hours of blood testing and questionnaires to assess the digestive consequences of meat and a plant-based meat analogue. The three meals will include either pasture-fed, or grain-finished, or laboratory based protein alternative as a mixed meal, in random order, separated by one week minimum. Plasma samples will be assessed amino acid content, neurotransmitter proteins, chylomicron fatty acid distribution and general health indices. Ethics and dissemination: The trial has been granted ethical approval by the Ministry of Health, Health and Disability Ethics Committee (Ref: 19/STH/226). All results originating from this study will be submitted for publication in scientific journals and presented at meetings.
This study aims to investigate the muscle anabolic potential of adding ketone (3-hydroxybutyrate) to whey protein compared with isocaloric, isonitrogenous whey protein in a human model of inflammatory catabolic disease. Further, this study aims to investigate whether the same amount of whey protein has different effects on muscles in an catabolic inflammatory setting compared with a healthy setting.