Expression of messenger ribonucleic acid and production of cytokines in children with malnutrition

Nutrition Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 367-376

  Bhaskaram, P ^a   Hemalatha, R ^a   Narayana Goud, B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (India)

Author keywords

Cytokines; MRNA expression; Protein energy malnutrition; RT PCR; T Cell subsets

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIET THERAPY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MARASMUS; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; SUPERNATANT; TH1 CELL;

EID: 0037359407     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0271-5317(02)00535-3     Document Type: Article

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