Zinc: Mechanisms of host defense

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1345-1349

  Prasad, Ananda S ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GLUCONATE ZINC; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 8; PLACEBO; THYMULIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; ZINC; ZINC ACETATE;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; INFECTION COMPLICATION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

EID: 34247895448     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/137.5.1345     Document Type: Conference Paper

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