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ReviewNutrients2025

The Impact of Immunomodulatory Components Used in Clinical Nutrition-A Narrative Review.

Aleksandra Raczyńska, Teresa Leszczyńska, Piotr Skotnicki, Aneta Koronowicz

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Review in Nutrients, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  6. Frontiers in nutrition · 2026
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  8. Immunonutrition: Another Player on the MASLD Field.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Aleksandra RaczyńskaDepartment of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Food Technology, University of Agriculture in Krakow, al. Mickiewicza 21, 31-120 Krakow, Poland.
Teresa LeszczyńskaDepartment of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Food Technology, University of Agriculture in Krakow, al. Mickiewicza 21, 31-120 Krakow, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-2170-2760
Piotr SkotnickiDepartment of Surgery with a Sub-Department of Oncological Surgery, Independent Public Health Care Facility in Bochnia "District Hospital" Named after Blessed Marta Wiecka, ul. Krakowska 31, 32-700 Bochnia, Poland.
Aneta KoronowiczDepartment of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Food Technology, University of Agriculture in Krakow, al. Mickiewicza 21, 31-120 Krakow, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-1653-2867

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMalnutrition is a clinical condition that leads to unfavourable changes in health. It affects 35-55% of hospitalized patients, and in the case of cancer, this prevalence rises to 40-90% of patients. Screening nutritional status is essential for preventing undernutrition, which is crucial as its treatment. Undernutrition in patients after severe injuries significantly increases catabolic changes. Cytokines and hormones, such as epinephrine, glucagon, and cortisol, are released, which can increase energy expenditure by 50%. Properly conducted nutritional treatment aims to maintain or improve the nutritional status of patients whose nutrition with a natural diet is insufficient, moreover, in some cases, treatment of the underlying disease.

methodsThis study is a narrative review focused on immunonutrition. The search for source articles, mainly from the last 10 years, was conducted in the PubMed and Google Schoolar databases, as well as in printed books. The key words used were "malnutrition", "inflammation", "clinical nutrition", "immunomodulatory components", "nutritional status assessment", "enteral nutrition", "parenteral nutrition", and their combinations.

resultsProviding substances such as omega-3 fatty acids, glutamine, arginine, nucleotides, antioxidants, and prebiotic fiber has a beneficial impact on immunological and anti-inflammatory pathways. The above-mentioned ingredients may inhibit the secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines, activate anti-inflammatory cytokines, stimulate immune cells, and have a beneficial effect in allergic diseases, respiratory infections, or wound healing. CONSLUSION: Immunonutrition can be administrated via oral, enteral, and parenteral routes. It is crucial to highlight the importance of proper nutritional status in patients. The relationship between inflammation and malnutrition creates a vicious cycle, where one negatively affects the other due to increased metabolic demand, loss of appetite, weakened immune system, and gut dysbiosis.

Indexed as

Immunologic FactorsImmunomodulationMalnutritionNutritional StatusNutrition TherapyCytokinesEnteral NutritionFatty Acids, Omega-3GlutamineHumansInflammationNutrition AssessmentParenteral NutritionPrebioticsCytokinesFatty Acids, Omega-3GlutamineImmunologic FactorsPrebioticsclinical nutritionimmunomodulating ingredientsmalnutrition

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PMID40077622
PMCPMC11902155

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