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Immune responses of neonates differ markedly to those of adults, with skewed cytokine phenotypes, reduced inflammatory properties and drastically diminished memory function. Recent research efforts have started to unravel the role of cellular metabolism in determining immune cell fate and function. For studies in humans, much of the work on metabolic mechanisms underpinning innate and adaptive immune responses by different haematopoietic cell types is in adults. Studies investigating the contribution of metabolic adaptation in the unique setting of early life are just emerging, and much more work is needed to elucidate the contribution of metabolism to neonatal immune responses. Here, we discuss our current understanding of neonatal immune responses, examine some of the latest developments in neonatal immunometabolism and consider the possible role of altered metabolism to the distinctive immune phenotype of the neonate. Understanding the role of metabolism in regulating immune function at this critical stage in life has direct benefit for the child by affording opportunities to maximize immediate and long-term health. Additionally, gaining insight into the diversity of human immune function and naturally evolved immunometabolic strategies that modulate immune function could be harnessed for a wide range of opportunities including new therapeutic approaches.The etiology of changes in lower-limb neuromuscular function, especially to the central nervous system, may be affected by exercise duration. Direct evidence is lacking as few studies have directly compared different race distances. This study aimed to investigate the etiology of deficits in neuromuscular function following short versus long trail-running races. Thirty-two male trail runners completed one of five trail-running races as LONG (>100 km) or SHORT ( less then 60 km). Pre- and post-race, maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) torque and evoked responses to electrical nerve stimulation during MVCs and at rest were used to assess voluntary activation and muscle contractile properties of knee-extensor (KE) and plantar-flexor (PF) muscles. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) was used to assess evoked responses and corticospinal excitability in maximal and submaximal KE contractions. Race distance correlated with KE MVC (ρ = -0.556) and twitch (ρ = -0.521) torque decreases (p ≤ .003). KE twitch torque decreased more in LONG (-28 ± 14%) than SHORT (-14 ± 10%, p = .005); however, KE MVC time × distance interaction was not significant (p = .073). No differences between LONG and SHORT for PF MVC or twitch torque were observed. Maximal voluntary activation decreased similarly in LONG and SHORT in both muscle groups (p ≥ .637). TMS-elicited silent period decreased in LONG (p = .021) but not SHORT (p = .912). Greater muscle contractile property impairment in longer races, not central perturbations, contributed to the correlation between KE MVC loss and race distance. Conversely, PF fatigability was unaffected by race distance.Ultrasound Tissue Characterization (UTC) is a modality that can be utilized to characterize tendon tissue structure using ultrasonographic imaging paired with a computer algorithm to distinguish echo-types. Several studies have demonstrated UTCs ability to distinguish Achilles tendon morphology changes, but no study has established normative data of the Achilles tendon in the general population. The aim of this study was to determine UTC echo-type distribution in the Achilles tendon in an asymptomatic population. UTC scans were completed and analyzed on 508 participants without Achilles tendinopathy. Dedicated UTC-algorithms were used to distinguish and calculate echo-type percentages and the fiber type distribution was compared. The overall sample echo-type percentages demonstrated greater levels of Type I and II echo-types, 65.73% and 32.00%, respectively, and lower levels of Type III and IV echo-types, 1.74% and 0.57%, respectively. In addition, females had lower levels of Echo-type I compared to men and greater levels of echo-type II (p less then 0.001). We also found that African-Americans had significantly greater amounts of echo-type I and lesser amounts of echo-type II when compared to Caucasians (p less then 0.05). The results of this study create a normative data set for future UTC studies to utilize as a baseline for the evaluation of Achilles tendons. Bleomycin In addition, it demonstrated tendon type differences between sexes and races that need to be accounted for in future studies.Patients with kidney failure often present with reduced cardiovascular functional reserve and exercise tolerance. Previous studies on cardiorespiratory fitness examined with cardiopulmonary-exercise-testing (CPET) in kidney-transplant-recipients (KTR) had variable results. This is a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies examining cardiovascular functional reserve with CPET in KTR in comparison to patients with kidney failure (CKD-Stage-5 before dialysis, hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis), as well as before and after kidney-transplantation. Literature search involved PubMed, Web-of-Science and Scopus databases, manual search of article references and grey literature. From a total of 4,944 identified records, 8 studies (with 461 participants) were included in quantitative-analysis for the primary question. Across these studies, KTR had significantly higher oxygen consumption at peak/max exercise (VO2 peak/VO2 max) compared to patients with kidney failure (SMD=0.70, 95%CI [0.31, 1.10], I2 =70%, p=0.002). In subgroup analyses, similar differences were evident among 7 studies comparing KTR and hemodialysis patients (SMD=0.64, 95%CI [0.16, 1.12], I2 = 65%, p=0.009) and 2 studies comparing KTR with peritoneal dialysis subjects (SMD=1.14, 95%CI [0.19, 2.09], I2 =50%, p=0.16). Across 4 studies with relevant data, oxygen consumption during peak/max exercise showed significant improvement after kidney-transplantation compared to pre-transplantation values (WMD=2.43, 95%CI [0.01, 4.85], I2 =68%, p=0.02). In conclusion, KTR exhibit significantly higher cardiovascular functional reserve during CPET compared to patients with kidney failure. Cardiovascular reserve is significantly improved after kidney-transplantation in relation to pre-surgery levels.