Dietary folate improves age-related decreases in lymphocyte function

Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-44

  Field, Catherine J ^a   Van Aerde, Arne ^a   Drager, Kelly L ^a   Goruk, Susan ^a   Basu, Tapan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Elderly; Folate; Mitogens; Proliferation; Rodents; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; IONOMYCIN; MITOGENIC AGENT; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEEDING; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MALE; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPLEEN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOKINES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EATING; FOLIC ACID; IONOMYCIN; LYMPH NODES; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE; VITAMIN B 12;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 28844493548     PISSN: 09552863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2005.04.010     Document Type: Article

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