Active hexose correlated compound enhances the immune function of mice in the hindlimb-unloading model of spaceflight conditions

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1437-1444

  Aviles, Hernan ^a   Belay, Tesfaye ^a   Vance, Monique ^a   Sun, Buxiang ^b   Sonnenfeld, Gerald ^a,c  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Amino Up Chemical Co   (Japan)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiorthostatic; Mitogens; Natural supplement; Rodents; Stress; Suspension

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE HEXOSE CORRELATED COMPOUND; NATURAL PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HINDLIMB; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE FLIGHT; SPLEEN CELL; WEIGHT BEARING;

NASA DISCIPLINE REGULATORY PHYSIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HINDLIMB SUSPENSION; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES; MICE; POLYSACCHARIDES; SPACE FLIGHT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHTLESSNESS SIMULATION;

EID: 4644288955     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00259.2004     Document Type: Article

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