Zinc supplementation decreases incidence of infections in the elderly: Effect of zinc on generation of cytokines and oxidative stress

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 837-844

  Prasad, Ananda S ^a   Beck, Frances W J ^a   Bao, Bin ^a   Fitzgerald, James T ^b   Snell, Diane C ^a   Steinberg, Joel D ^a   Cardozo, Lavoisier J ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly subjects; Infections; Interleukin 1 ; Interleukin 2 mRNA; Oxidative stress; Tumor necrosis factor ; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; GLUCONATE ZINC; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; MESSENGER RNA; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; PLACEBO; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 33847788242     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/85.3.837     Document Type: Article

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