Zinc: Role in immunity, oxidative stress and chronic inflammation

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 646-652

  Prasad, Ananda S ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b 1122 Elliman Bldg ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory agent; Antioxidant; Immune function; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CLOFAZIMINE; DAPSONE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUCONATE ZINC; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; PLACEBO; POLAPREZINC; ZINC; ZINC ACETATE; ZINC OXIDE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLINDNESS; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON COLD; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM LEPROSUM; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LEPROSY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARASITOSIS; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; REVIEW; SHIGELLOSIS; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TUBERCULOSIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

AGED; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYTOKINES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; MACULAR DEGENERATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; ZINC;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 70350126591     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 14736519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCO.0b013e3283312956     Document Type: Review

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