Dietary Boron: An Overview of the Evidence for Its Role in Immune Function

Journal of Trace Elements in Experimental Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 291-306

  Hunt, Curtiss D ^a  

^a GRAND FORKS HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Boroesters; Boron; Boron essentiality; Immune function; Natural killer cells

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BORON; DIADENOSINE POLYPHOSPHATE; FC RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; TRACE ELEMENT;

BINDING AFFINITY; CELL INTERACTION; CELL SURFACE; CONFERENCE PAPER; COVALENT BOND; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIATOM; DIETARY INTAKE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUBACTERIUM; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GREEN ALGA; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LIGAND BINDING; MACROPHAGE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROPHYTA; FUNGI; MAMMALIA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; STRAMENOPILES; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

EID: 0242442159     PISSN: 0896548X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jtra.10041     Document Type: Conference Paper

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