Changes in cytokine production and T cell subpopulations in experimentally induced zinc-deficient humans

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 272, Issue 6 35-6, 1997, Pages

  Beck, Frances W J ^a   Prasad, Ananda S ^a,d   Kaplan, Joseph ^b   Fitzgerald, James T ^c   Brewer, George J ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d DETROIT RECEIVING HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

TH1 cells; TH2 cells

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0030740988     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1997.272.6.e1002     Document Type: Article

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