@phdthesis{Witt2018,
  author    = {Carl Witt},
  title     = {The Effect of the Patients Nutritional Status on Immune Alterations Induced by Ischemic Stroke},
  journal    = {Der Einfluss des Ern{\"a}hrungsstatus von Schlaganfallpatienten auf die immunologischen Ver{\"a}nderungen nach Schlaganfall},
  url       = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:9-opus-25373},
  pages     = {92},
  year      = {2018},
  abstract  = {Ischemic stroke is one of the leading causes of death and disability throughout the world. One important aspect of stroke pathophysiology are immunological changes after stroke, especially a combination of post stroke immunodepression, leading to infectious complications after stroke and an activation of the immune system, leading to cerebral injury. Adipose tissue has several immunological functions and obesity leads to immunological complications and is accompanied by a chronic immune activation. To study the effects of body weight and obesity on the immune system and measure weight and fat tissue changes after ischemic stroke we conducted the LIPS Trial and enrolled 50 stroke patients and 16 control subjects between July 2015 and July 2016. On the day of admission and on the days 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 30, 90 and 180 after admission stroke patients were weighed with an in-bed scale, body composition was measured with BIA, the triceps-skin fold thickness was measured, the NIHSS scale was obtained and blood was drawn. FACS-analysis was performed and triglycerides,cholesterol, CRP and PCT were measured at the central laboratory facility of the Universit{\"a}tsmedizin Greifswald. Luminex-multiplex analysis for multiple cyto- and chemokines was performed at the Multiplex Facility at the University Leiden. A cerebral MRI and an abdominal MRI were performed shortly after admission and on days 5-7 for most patients and the infarct volume, abdominal fat and hepatic fat percentage were measured. On days 30, 90 and 180 after stroke Bartel Index and mRS were obtained. After stroke our patients showed the typical immunological changes described previously as stroke induced immune alterations, namely a post stroke immunodepression as well as signs of an activated immune system and an acute phase response. Our patients lost weight, but only 1.7 ± 0.5 kg. Skinfold thickness did not change during the course of our trial and abdominal fat measurement did not change in stroke patients. Immunological parameters (leukocytes, neutrophils,CRP, PCT, IL-6) did not differ between BMI subgroups (normal weight: BMI < 25,overweight: BMI ≥ 25, < 30, obese: BMI ≥ 30) and in this trial we could not detect a difference in patients with normal weight, overweight or obesity in the post stroke periode. In an additional analysis we could show that rapid clinical improvement did result in a rapid improvement of post stroke immune alterations, especially for leukocytes, neutrophils, IL-6 and CRP.},
  language  = {en}
}