Amino acids and cancer: potential for therapies?

Purpose Of Review: Cancer patients may have a variety of disorders associated with systemic inflammation caused by disease progression. Consequently, we have protein hypercatabolism. In view of this, protein and amino acid adequacy should be considered in relation to nutritional behavior.

Low vitamin D levels and increased neutrophil in patients admitted at ICU with COVID-19.

Background & Aims: Systemic inflammation has been reported as a new predictor for COVID-19 outcomes. Thus, we hypothesized that ICU patients infected by COVID-19 had lower blood vitamin D levels and increased systemic inflammation. Therefore, this is the first Brazilian study to evaluate the vitamin D concentrations and NLR as a systemic inflammation in patients infected by COVID-19 admitted in ICU.

High neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio as a prognostic marker in COVID-19 patients.

Systemic inflammation has been reported as a new predictor for COVID-19 outcomes. Thus, we highlight in this viewpoint the importance of the neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio in COVID-19 pandemic-infected patients.