Zinc supplementation increases zinc status and thymopoiesis in aged mice

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 139, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1393-1397

  Wong, Carmen P ^a   Song, Yang ^a   Elias, Valerie D ^a   Magnusson, Kathy R ^a   Ho, Emily ^a,b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; STEM CELL FACTOR; ZINC; INTERLEUKIN 6; RNA 18S;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; THYMUS FUNCTION; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY; AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYMUS;

MUS;

AGING; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; STEM CELL FACTOR; THYMUS GLAND; ZINC;

EID: 67649946274     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.109.106021     Document Type: Article

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