Food fight! Parenteral nutrition, enteral stimulation and gut-derived mucosal immunity.
BACKGROUND
Nutrition support is an integral component of modern patient care. Type and route of nutritional support impacts clinical infectious outcomes in critically injured patients.


CONCLUSIONS
This article reviews the relationships between type and route of nutrition and gut-derived mucosal immunity in both the clinical and laboratory settings.
Hermsen
Joshua L
JL
Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA.
Sano
Yoshifumi
Y
Kudsk
Kenneth A
KA
D000818:Animals; D000918:Antibody Specificity / Q000276:immunology; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007108:Immune Tolerance / Q000276:immunology; D007111:Immunity, Cellular / Q000276:immunology; D007071:Immunoglobulin A, Secretory / Q000378:metabolism; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000276:immunology*; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000276:immunology; D018655:Lymphocyte Count; D008221:Lymphoid Tissue / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000276:immunology; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition; D010581:Peyer's Patches / Q000276:immunology; D012137:Respiratory System / Q000276:immunology
D007071:Immunoglobulin A, Secretory