Infection-induced anorexia
Infection-induced anorexia is the loss of appetite in a person with an infection, which confers advantages in fighting the infection.
In association with
immune cells, but also in nonimmune cells. Augmented autophagic responses may play a critical role in clearing pathogens (xenophagy), in the presentation of epitopes in nonprovisional antigen presenting cells and the removal of damaged proteins and organelles, and recycling these damaged proteins, organelles and pathogens as source of nutrition.[3]
References
- S2CID 10465902.
- PMID 27445441..
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