Dietary zinc deficiency lowers the proportions of splenic CD90+ (Thy-1+ B-cells and late thymic emigrant T-cells in growing rats

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1108-1111

  Hosea, Heather J ^a   Rector, Edward S ^a   Taylor, Carla G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

CD45RC T cells; CD90 T cells; Rats; Zinc deficiency

Indexed keywords

CD45 ANTIGEN; CD45RC ANTIGEN; THY 1 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DEATH; CELL MATURATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, THY-1; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DEATH; DIET; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; ZINC;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 36749048139     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S000711450777188X     Document Type: Article

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