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[–]chottohen 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Is the chemical name something like creatin? Also, the people who eat that pasta make noises at night.

[–]Bigs 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Something like 'chitin' or something like that. Lemme search...

"Abstract Chitin, a potential allergy-promoting pathogen-associated molecular pattern (PAMP), is a linear polymer composed of N-acetylglucosamine residues which are linked by β-(1,4)-glycosidic bonds. Mammalians are potential hosts for chitin-containing protozoa, fungi, arthropods, and nematodes; however, mammalians themselves do not synthetize chitin and thus it is considered as a potential target for recognition by mammalian immune system. Chitin is sensed primarily in the lungs or gut where it activates a variety of innate (eosinophils, macrophages) and adaptive immune cells (IL-4/IL-13 expressing T helper type-2 lymphocytes). Chitin induces cytokine production, leukocyte recruitment, and alternative macrophage activation. Intranasal or intraperitoneal administration of chitin (varying in size, degree of acetylation and purity) to mice has been applied as a routine approach to investigate chitin’s priming effects on innate and adaptive immunity. Structural chitin present in microorganisms is actively degraded by host true chitinases, including acidic mammalian chitinases and chitotriosidase into smaller fragments that can be sensed by mammalian receptors such as FIBCD1, NKR-P1, and RegIIIc. Immune recognition of chitin also involves pattern recognition receptors, mainly via TLR-2 and Dectin-1, to activate immune cells to induce cytokine production and creation of an immune network that results in inflammatory and allergic responses. In this review, we will focus on various immunological aspects of the interaction between chitin and host immune system such as sensing, interactions with immune cells, chitinases as chitin degrading enzymes, and immunologic applications of chitin. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5680136/

Note that's from 5 years ago. Doubtless this and other such links will vanish as fast as the studies showing masks don't work did...

[–]chottohen 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Good work. Yes, Chitin is what I was thinking of but you are way ahead of me with the chemistry. So, do you think the chitin content of the bug diet will kill off even more of us. I think Gates et. al are serious about getting the world population down to around one billion. Again, good.

[–]Bigs 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

My understanding is it's actually a beneficial prebiotic in small doses, but larger doses it's likely to trigger an allergy (same as a shellfish allergy).

So get millions of people dependent on it as a protein source, even though many will become deathly allergic to it? I don't think it's intended for depopulation per se, more a facet of being in control of the food supply, by destroying the conventional means of supply.