Long-term feeding of high vitamin e diet improves the decreased mitogen response of rat splenic lymphocytes with aging

Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 113-122

  Sakai, Sakiyo ^a   Moriguchi, Satoru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Interleukin 2; Macrophages; Mitogen response; Rats; Splenic lymphocytes; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; INTERLEUKIN 2;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BODY WEIGHT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; EATING; FISCHER 344 RAT; GERMFREE ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; SPLEEN;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; EATING; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INTERLEUKIN-2; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; SPLEEN; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0031063214     PISSN: 03014800     EISSN: 18817742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.43.113     Document Type: Article

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