Enhancement of immunity in the elderly by dietary supplementation with the probiotic Bifidobactedum lactis HN019

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 833-839

  Gill, H S ^a   Rutherfurd, K J ^a   Cross, M L ^a   Gopal, P K ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aging; Bifidobacterium lactis HN019; Elderly; Immune enhancement; Immune function; Immune response; Immunosenescence; Natural killer cells; New Zealand; Phagocytosis; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; MILK FAT;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; CELL KILLING; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MONONUCLEAR PHAGOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PHAGOCYTE; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM LACTIS;

EID: 0035179295     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/74.6.833     Document Type: Article

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