Effects of dietary wheat germ deprivation on the immune system in Wistar rats: A pilot study

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1495-1501

  Chignola, Roberto ^a   Rizzi, Corrado ^a   Vincenzi, Simone ^b   Cestari, Tiziana ^c   Brutti, Nadia ^d   Riviera, Anna Pia ^d   Sartoris, Silvia ^c   Peruffo, Angelo D B ^a   Andrighetto, Giancarlo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b SOCADO S r l Società Alimentare Dolciaria   (Italy)

^c c/o Policlinico GB Rossi ^*  (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diet; Immune system; Plant lectins; Wheat germ

Indexed keywords

FREUND ADJUVANT; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; PLANT LECTIN; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOID ORGAN; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; T LYMPHOCYTE; WHEAT GERM; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININS;

EID: 0036710666     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-5769(02)00116-9     Document Type: Article

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