"Protein Deficiency" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A nutritional condition produced by a deficiency of proteins in the diet, characterized by adaptive enzyme changes in the liver, increase in amino acid synthetases, and diminution of urea formation, thus conserving nitrogen and reducing its loss in the urine. Growth, immune response, repair, and production of enzymes and hormones are all impaired in severe protein deficiency. Protein deficiency may also arise in the face of adequate protein intake if the protein is of poor quality (i.e., the content of one or more amino acids is inadequate and thus becomes the limiting factor in protein utilization). (From Merck Manual, 16th ed; Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 12th ed, p406)
| Descriptor ID |
D011488
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C18.654.521.500.708
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| Concept/Terms |
Protein Deficiency- Protein Deficiency
- Deficiency, Protein
- Deficiencies, Protein
- Protein Deficiencies
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Feeding modality is a barrier to adequate protein provision in children receiving continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT). Pediatr Nephrol. 2019 06; 34(6):1147-1150.
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Decreased insulin secretion in pregnant rats fed a low protein diet. Biol Reprod. 2017 Oct 01; 97(4):627-635.
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Enhanced mesenteric arterial responsiveness to angiotensin II is androgen receptor-dependent in prenatally protein-restricted adult female rat offspring. Biol Reprod. 2015 Feb; 92(2):55.
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Gestational protein restriction reduces expression of Hsd17b2 in rat placental labyrinth. Biol Reprod. 2012 Sep; 87(3):68.
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Long-term effects of calorie or protein restriction on serum IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 concentration in humans. Aging Cell. 2008 10; 7(5):681-7.
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Insights into the abnormalities of chronic renal disease attributed to malnutrition. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2002 Jan; 13 Suppl 1:S22-7.
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Chronic protein undernutrition and an acute inflammatory stimulus elicit different protein kinetic responses in plasma but not in muscle of piglets. J Nutr. 1999 Mar; 129(3):693-9.
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Chronic protein deficiency differentially affects the kinetics of plasma proteins in young pigs. J Nutr. 1996 May; 126(5):1489-95.
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Severe protein deficiency and repletion alter body and brain composition and organ weights in infant pigs. J Nutr. 1996 Jan; 126(1):290-302.
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The rationale for the use of recombinant human growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor-I for catabolic conditions in humans. Horm Res. 1996; 46(4-5):202-7.