Effect of Concomitant Consumption of Fish Oil and Vitamin E on T Cell Mediated Function in the Elderly: A Randomized Double-Blind Trial

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 300-306

  Wu, Dayong ^a   Han, Sung Nim ^a   Meydani, Mohsen ^a   Meydani, Simin Nikbin ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Fish oil; Immune function; N 3 fatty acids; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; MITOGENIC AGENT; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OMEGA 500; PLACEBO; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG EFFECT; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID COMPOSITION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN TEST; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; FISH OILS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; INTERLEUKIN-2; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; VITAMIN E;

EID: 33748864625     PISSN: 07315724     EISSN: 15411087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07315724.2006.10719539     Document Type: Article

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