Dietary vitamin A deficiency and the immune system in a murine model of systemic lupus erythematosus

Nutrition Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 279-292

  Liao, C Hua ^a   Erdman Jr , J W ^a   Voss Jr , E W ^b   Johnston, P V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

MRL MPJ lpr lpr mouse; SLE; Vitamin A deficiency

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; DNA ANTIBODY; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; RETINOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIVER LEVEL; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SPLEEN CELL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 0030040634     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0271-5317(96)00012-7     Document Type: Article

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