Systemic inflammatory markers in older persons: The effect of oral nutritional supplementation with prebiotics

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 475-479

  Schiffrin, Eduardo J ^a   Thomas, D R ^b   Kumar, V B ^b   Brown, C ^a   Hager, C ^a   Vant Hof, M A ^a   Morley, J E ^b   Guigoz, Yves ^a  

^a NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Gut flora; Inflammation; Oligosaccharides; Prebiotics; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CD14 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; ENDOTOXIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MESSENGER RNA; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PREBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; GENE ACTIVATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 37049022798     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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