The blood level of transforming growth factor-rises in the early stages of acute protein and energy deficit in the weanling mouse

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 886-889

  Monk, Jennifer M ^a   Woodward, Bill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Mice; Protein energy malnutrition; Transforming growth factor

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; INTERLEUKIN 10; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFLAMMATION; KWASHIORKOR; MALE; MARASMUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; THROMBOCYTE POOR PLASMA; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; C57BL MOUSE; DISEASE MODEL; IMMUNOLOGY; WEANING;

MUS; MUSTELA;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WEANING; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 77950346251     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114509992443     Document Type: Article

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