Altered ex vivo cytokine production in zinc-deficient, pair-fed and marginally zinc-deficient growing rats is independent of serum corticosterone concentrations

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 820-828

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Spleen; Thymus; Zinc deficiency

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; CORTICOSTERONE; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; THY 1 ANTIGEN; ZINC;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DIETARY INTAKE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EX VIVO STUDY; HELPER CELL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; RAT; SPLEEN CELL; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; THYMOCYTE; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CONCANAVALIN A; CORTICOSTERONE; CYTOKINES; DIET; FEMUR; FLOW CYTOMETRY; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-6; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS GLAND; WEANING; ZINC;

RATTUS;

EID: 51749107720     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114508942148     Document Type: Article

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