Effect of improved zinc status on T helper cell activation and TH1/TH2 ratio in healthy elderly individuals

Biogerontology

Volumn 7, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 429-435

  Kahmann, Laura ^a   Uciechowski, Peter ^a   Warmuth, Sabine ^a   Malavolta, Marco ^b   Mocchegiani, Eugenio ^b   Rink, Lothar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b INRCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Activated T cells; CCR4 CCR5 ratio; Elderly; Serum zinc level; TH1 TH2 balance; Zinc deficiency; Zinc supplementation

Indexed keywords

CC CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR 4; CD4 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; ZINC; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; REFERENCE VALUE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTIGENS, CD4; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; RECEPTORS, CCR5; RECEPTORS, CHEMOKINE; REFERENCE VALUES; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; ZINC; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 36049004868     PISSN: 13895729     EISSN: 15736768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10522-006-9058-2     Document Type: Article

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