Infection-induced anorexia
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Infection-induced anorexia
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Infection-induced anorexia is the loss of appetite in a person with an infection, which confers advantages in fighting the infection. In association with fever production, decreased food consumption is a common sign of infection and is a behavior that contributes to pathogen elimination. During infection-induced anorexia, autophagic flux is upregulated systemically. A decrease in serum amino acids during an infection promotes autophagy not only in immune cells, but also in nonimmune cells. Augme
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infection-induced_anorexia
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2023-11-08T16:30:20Z
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