Dietary supplementation with mushroom-derived protein-bound glucan does not enhance immune function in young and old mice

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 193-197

  Wu, Dayong ^a   Han, Sung Nim ^a   Bronson, Roderick T ^a   Smith, Donald E ^a   Meydani, Simin Nikbin ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Biological response modifier; Immune response; Mice; Protein bound polysaccharide

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CONCANAVALIN A; GLUCAN; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALE; MITOGENESIS; MOUSE; MUSHROOM; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; SPLEEN CELL;

ANIMALIA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CORIOLUS VERSICOLOR; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 14444275782     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/128.2.193     Document Type: Article

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