Effect of a therapeutic lifestyle change diet on immune functions of moderately hypercholesterolemic humans

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2304-2310

  Han, Sung Nim ^a   Leka, Lynette S ^a   Lichtenstein, Alice H ^a   Ausman, Lynne M ^a   Meydani, Simin N ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary fat; Immune response; Inflammatory response; Low fat diet

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; LIPID DIET; LOW FAT DIET; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE;

CHOLESTEROL; DINOPROSTONE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; INTERLEUKIN-1; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIFE STYLE; LIPOPROTEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0345832337     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.M300181-JLR200     Document Type: Article

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