Abstract
Objectives. Protein-energy malnutrition as a consequence of deficient protein
intake frequently occurs in peritoneal
dialysis (PD) patients. Previously, we showed that peritoneal dialysate containing a mixture of amino
acids (AA) and glucose
has anabolic effects. However AA-dialysate has been reported to increase intraperitoneal protein
and AA losses and the
release of proinflammatory cytokines (interleukine-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor alpha
(TNF