Immune functions are maintained in healthy men with low zinc intake

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 132, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 2033-2036

  Pinna, Kathryn ^a   Kelley, Darshan S ^a,b   Taylor, Peter C ^a   King, Janet C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Humans; Immunity; Proliferation; Zinc deficiency

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MONOCYTE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0036303347     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/132.7.2033     Document Type: Article

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