Commentary: Mechanisms of kwashiorkor-associated immune suppression: Insights from human, mouse, and pig studies

Front Immunol. 2022 Jul 25:13:959465. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.959465. eCollection 2022.

Gerard Bryan Gonzales¹, Claire D Bourke^{2

3}, Jonathan P Sturgeon^{2

3}, James M Njunge^{4

5}, Ruairi C Robertson^{2

3}, Paul M Kelly^{3

6}, James A Berkley^{4

5

7}

¹ Nutrition, Metabolism and Genomics Group, Division of Human Nutrition and Health, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, Netherlands.
² Zvitambo Institute for Maternal and Child Health Research, Harare, Zimbabwe.
³ Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom.
⁴ The Childhood Acute Illness & Nutrition (CHAIN) Network, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁵ Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁶ Tropical Gastroenterology and Nutrition Group, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.
⁷ Nuffield Department of Medicine, Centre for Tropical Medicine & Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.

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Keywords: edematous malnutrition; immune; kwashiorkor; marasmus; severe malnutrition.

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