Association of vitamin A deficiency with decrease in tumor necrosis factor-α expressing CD3-CD56+ natural killer cells in Ghanaians

Nutrition Research

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 400-407

  Jiang, Yi ^a   Obuseh, Francis ^a   Ellis, William ^b   Piyathilake, Chandrika ^a   Stiles, Jonathan ^c   Jolly, Pauline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^c MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular immunity; Humans; NK cells; T cells; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANZYME A; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 4; PERFORIN; RETINOL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GHANA; HUMAN; INFECTION RESISTANCE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINOL DEFICIENCY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34447276698     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2007.04.016     Document Type: Article

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