Inverse association between serum selenium concentrations and parameters of immune activation in patients with cardiac disorders

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1224-1228

  Murr, Christian ^a   Talasz, Heribert ^a   Artner Dworzak, Erika ^a   Schroecksnadel, Katharina ^b   Fiegl, Michael ^c   Fuchs, Dietmar ^a   Denz, Hubert A ^c  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c Hospital Natters/Innsbruck   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cardiac disorders; Immune activation; Neopterin; Oxidative stress; Selenium; Tryptophan degradation

Indexed keywords

NEOPTERIN; SELENIUM; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPTERIN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELENIUM; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 34548643680     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2007.264     Document Type: Article

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