Intragastric infusion of a liquid diet with low-methoxyl pectin alleviates fecal inconsistency and local proinflammatory cytokine expression in lipopolysaccharide-septic rats.

Objective: Diarrhea interrupts enteral nutrition management in hospitalized patients with severe illnesses, such as sepsis. Pectin, a water-soluble dietary fiber, has the potential to maintain intestinal function and may reduce inflammatory reactions. The aim of this study was to demonstrate that the addition of low-methoxyl (LM) pectin to a liquid diet suppresses softening of stool texture and reduces tissue inflammatory responses in enteral nutrition management during sepsis.

Fluorescence imaging around the abdomen allows evaluation of gastrointestinal retention of various forms of diet in mice.

Objectives: The aims of this study were to evaluate gastrointestinal (GI) retention of an ingested meal by fluorescence imaging and compare how retention is affected by differences in the physical characteristics of meals.

Methods: Mice were given an oral fluorescent indocyanine green (ICG) probe enclosed in a liposome. We evaluated the correlation between abdominal and GI fluorescence signals.

A comparison of the effects of pulsatile and bolus flushing methods on lipid emulsion residues that lead to bacterial growth in intravenous catheters.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to compare the efficacies of pulsatile and bolus flushing methods for removing residual parenteral nutrients in common shapes of central venous (CV) and peripheral venous (PV) catheters.

Methods: Straight or looped tubes filled with parenteral nutrients containing indocyanine green (ICG) were flushed with 10 mL of saline at various speeds with several pulsatile intervals. engineered with a luciferase gene was inoculated in the flushed CV catheters.

Methionine supplementation spares body protein by regulating the expression of mTORC1 downstream factors in rats fed a soy protein diet with sufficient sulfur amino acids: a pilot study.

Dietary supplementation with methionine and threonine spares body protein in rats fed a low protein diet, but the effect is not observed for other essential amino acids. Although the requirement for sulfur amino acids is relatively high in rodents, the precise mechanisms underlying protein retention are not fully understood. The aim of this study was to explore whether the activation of mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) downstream factors in skeletal muscle by supplementation with threonine and/or methionine contributes to protein retention under sufficient cystine requirement.