The immune responses to diabetes in BB rats supplemented with vitamin A

Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 515-520

  Lu, J ^a   Field, C J ^a   Basu, T K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

BB rats; Immune response; Type I diabetes; Vitamin A; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; RETINOL; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; RAT; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; T LYMPHOCYTE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0033661632     PISSN: 09552863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-2863(00)00114-5     Document Type: Article

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