Role of l-carnitine in the modulation of immune response in aged rats

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 389, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 19-24

  Thangasamy, Thilakavathy ^a,b   Subathra, Marimuthu ^b   Sittadjody, Sivanandane ^a,b   Jeyakumar, Preethi ^b   Joyee, Antony George ^b   Mendoza, Erin ^a   Chinnakkanu, Panneerselvam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Aged rats; Immunoglobulins; l carnitine; Neutrophil functions

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; CARNITINE; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 38649136607     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2007.11.013     Document Type: Article

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