An increase in selenium intake improves immune function and poliovirus handling in adults with marginal selenium status

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 154-162

  Broome, Caroline S ^a   McArdle, Francis ^a   Kyle, Janet A M ^b   Andrews, Francis ^a   Lowe, Nicola M ^a   Hart, C Anthony ^a   Arthur, John R ^b   Jackson, Malcolm J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Immune function; Poliovirus vaccine; Selenium supplementation; Viral mutation

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 2; SELENIUM; GAMMA INTERFERON; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; GENE MUTATION; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; SELENIUM DEFICIENCY; T LYMPHOCYTE; UNITED KINGDOM; VITAMIN INTAKE; ADULT; BLOOD; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FECES; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POLIOMYELITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY;

PICORNAVIRIDAE; POLIOVIRUS;

ADULT; CYTOKINES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INTERFERON TYPE II; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS; POLIOVIRUS VACCINE, INACTIVATED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SELENIUM; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 3042699727     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/80.1.154     Document Type: Article

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