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A Consideration of Biomarkers to be Used for Evaluation of Inflammation in Human Nutritional Studies

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Calder, P.C., Ahluwalia, N., Albers, R., Bosco, N., Bourdet-Sicard, R., Haller, D., Holgate, S.T., Jönsson, L.S. +9 more·2013·British Journal of Nutrition

Abstract

To monitor inflammation in a meaningful way, the markers used must be valid: they must reflect the inflammatory process under study and they must be predictive of future health status. In 2009, the Nutrition and Immunity Task Force of the International Life Sciences Institute, European Branch, organized an expert group to attempt to identify robust and predictive markers, or patterns or clusters of markers, which can be used to assess inflammation in human nutrition studies in the general population. Inflammation is a normal process and there are a number of cells and mediators involved. These markers are involved in, or are produced as a result of, the inflammatory process irrespective of its trigger and its location and are common to all inflammatory situations. Currently, there is no consensus as to which markers of inflammation best represent low-grade inflammation or differentiate between acute and chronic inflammation or between the various phases of inflammatory responses. There are a number of modifying factors that affect the concentration of an inflammatory marker at a given time, including age, diet and body fatness, among others. Measuring the concentration of inflammatory markers in the bloodstream under basal conditions is probably less informative compared with data related to the concentration change in response to a challenge. A number of inflammatory challenges have been described. However, many of these challenges are poorly standardised. Patterns and clusters may be important as robust biomarkers of inflammation. Therefore, it is likely that a combination of multiple inflammatory markers and integrated readouts based upon kinetic analysis following defined challenges will be the most informative biomarker of inflammation.

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Calder, P. C., Ahluwalia, N., Albers, R., Bosco, N., Bourdet-Sicard, R., Haller, D., Holgate, S. T., Jönsson, L. S., Latulippe, M. E., Marcos, A., Moreines, J., M'Rini, C., Müller, M., Pawelec, G., van Neerven, R. J. J., Watzl, B., & Zhao, J.
Affiliations
  • University of Southampton (GB)
  • Inserm (FR)
  • NutriLeads (Netherlands) (NL)
  • Nestlé (Switzerland) (CH)
  • Technical University of Munich (DE)
  • International Life Sciences Institute Europe (BE)
  • Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ES)
  • Pfizer (United States) (US)
  • Wageningen University & Research (NL)
  • University of Tübingen (DE)
  • Max Rubner Institut (DE)
  • Yakult (Netherlands) (NL)
Venue
British Journal of Nutrition
Published
2013-01-23
Volume
109
Issue
S1
Pages
S1-S34
ISSN
  • 0007-1145 (ISSN-L)
  • 1475-2662
OpenAlex
W2134634767
Cited by
425
References
345
Citations by year
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FWCI
2.84
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • British Journal Of Nutrition (publishedVersion)
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Funders
  • Pfizer
  • University of Missouri
  • Danone
  • National Institute for Health and Care Research (NF-SI-0510-10021)
  • Bangor University
  • Universidad de Córdoba
  • FrieslandCampina
  • Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Rehabilitation › Exercise and Physiological Responses
Keywords
inflammatory markers, low-grade inflammation, biomarker standardization, kinetic analysis, predictive biomarkers, nutrition and immunity
MeSH terms
Diet, Food, Humans, Inflammation, Nutritional Physiological Phenomena, Biomarkers

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