Dietary calcium is a major factor in 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol suppression of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in mice

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 129, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1966-1971

  Cantorna, Margherita T ^a,b   Humpal Winter, Jean ^b   DeLuca, Hector F ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis; Mice; Multiple sclerosis; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032702846     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/129.11.1966     Document Type: Article

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