Vitamin effects on the immune system: Vitamins A and D take centre stage

Nature Reviews Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 685-698

  Mora, J Rodrigo ^a   Iwata, Makoto ^b   Von Andrian, Ulrich H ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TOKUSHIMA BUNRI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG METABOLITE; RETINOL; VITAMIN D;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DENDRITIC CELL; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LYMPHOCYTES; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN D; VITAMINS;

EID: 50249179101     PISSN: 14741733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nri2378     Document Type: Review

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