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| Title |
The significance of glucose, insulin and potassium for immunology and oncology: a new model of immunity
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Immune Based Therapies and Vaccines, August 2005
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| DOI | 10.1186/1476-8518-3-5 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Albert F Hill, William J Polvino, Darcy B Wilson |
| Abstract |
A recent development in critical care medicine makes it urgent that research into the effect of hormones on immunity be pursued aggressively. Studies have demonstrated a large reduction in mortality as a result of infusion with glucose, insulin and potassium. Our work in the oncology setting has led us to propose that the principal reason for such an effect is that GIK stimulates lymphocytes to proliferate and attack pathogens, sparing the patient the stress of infection. That suggestion is based on a new model of immunity that describes the effect of hormones on lymphocytes. We hypothesized that the application of glucose, insulin, thyroid and potassium would awaken inert tumor infiltrating lymphocytes to destroy the tumor. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Comoros | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 2 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 25 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 25 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 6 | 24% |
| Student > Master | 5 | 20% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 3 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 2 | 8% |
| Lecturer | 2 | 8% |
| Other | 3 | 12% |
| Unknown | 4 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 12 | 48% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 16% |
| Psychology | 1 | 4% |
| Computer Science | 1 | 4% |
| Sports and Recreations | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 5 | 20% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 14. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 April 2023.
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#2,320,837
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Outputs from Journal of Immune Based Therapies and Vaccines
#4
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#3,803
of 58,934 outputs
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#2
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