Feeding with both β-carotene and supplemental α-tocopherol enhances type 1 helper T cell activity among splenocytes isolated from DO11.10 mice

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3042-3045

  Koizumi, Tomoko ^a   Bando, Noriko ^a   Terao, Junji ^a   Yamanishi, Rintaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

tocopherol; carotene; Antigen presentation; Interferon ; Interleukin 12

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENS; CELL CULTURE; PROTEINS;

ALPHATOCOPHEROL; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; BETACAROTENE; INTERFERONGAMMA; INTERLEUKIN;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE; SECRETION; SPLEEN; TH1 CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANIMALS; BETA CAROTENE; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-12; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; SPLEEN; TH1 CELLS;

EID: 33845870969     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.60371     Document Type: Article

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