Reversibility of the thymic involution and of age-related peripheral immune dysfunctions by zinc supplementation in old mice

International Journal of Immunopharmacology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1995, Pages

  Mocchegiani, Eugenio ^a   Santarelli, Lory ^a   Muzzioli, Mario ^a   Fabris, Nicola ^b  

^a INRCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

ageing; immune functions; thymulin; zinc

Indexed keywords

THYMULIN; THYMUS HORMONE; ZINC SULFATE;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMUS; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGING; ANIMAL; CELLS, CULTURED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MITOGENS; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMIC FACTOR, CIRCULATING; THYMUS GLAND; ZINC;

EID: 0028856195     PISSN: 01920561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0192-0561(95)00059-B     Document Type: Article

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