Zinc and immune function: The biological basis of altered resistance to infection

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 68, Issue 2 SUPPL., 1998, Pages

  Shankar, Anuraj H ^a   Prasad, Ananda S ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Immunity; Infection; Micronutrients; Ontogeny; Zinc; Zinc deficiency

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; B LYMPHOCYTE; CATTLE; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DNA REPLICATION; GENE CONTROL; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTION RESISTANCE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; RAT; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0031928780     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/68.2.447S     Document Type: Conference Paper

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