Certain immune markers are not good indicators of mild to moderate biotin deficiency in rats

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 131, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 3231-3236

  Helm, R M ^a   Mock, N I ^a   Simpson, P ^a   Mock, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotin deficiency; Immune function; Marginal deficiency; Rats

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 4; LEUCINE; METHYLCROTONOYL COENZYME A CARBOXYLASE; MITOGENIC AGENT; VACCINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RAT; T LYMPHOCYTE; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035209336     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/131.12.3231     Document Type: Article

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