Dietary Nitrate Acutely and Markedly Increased Exhaled Nitric Oxide in a Cystic Fibrosis Case.
Clin Med Res
; 14(3-4): 151-155, 2016 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-27630187
ABSTRACT
Airway nitric oxide (NO) is a ubiquitous signaling molecule with bronchoprotective, anti-inflammatory and anti-infective roles. Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a chronic lung condition associated with deceased exhaled NO. Strategies to increase exhaled NO in CF have yielded inconsistent results. A potential new method of increasing systemic NO involves ingestion of dietary, inorganic nitrate which is reduced to nitrite and NO. We present the case of a 12-year-old, athletic boy with CF who demonstrated acute but marked increases in exhaled NO following dietary nitrate consumption compared to placebo.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Fibrose Cística
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Dieta
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Nitratos
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Óxido Nítrico
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Child
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Humans
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Male
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En
Revista:
Clin Med Res
Ano de publicação:
2016
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Article
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Irlanda