The effects of sulfur amino acid intake on immune function in humans

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Grimble, Robert F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cysteine; Glutathione; Homocysteine; Immune function; Methionine

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GLUTATHIONE; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE; NEOPTERIN; SULFUR AMINO ACID; TAURINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGING; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENDOTHELIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; MALARIA; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN INTAKE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEPSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALIA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 33646773620     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/136.6.1660s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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