Influence of a complex micronutrient supplement on the immune status of elderly individuals

International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research

Volumn 79, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 308-318

  Schmoranzer, Fritz ^a   Fuchs, Norbert ^b   Markolin, Gertrude ^a   Carlin, Edda ^a   Sakr, Labiba ^c   Sommeregger, Ulrike ^c  

^a MEDtest ^*  (Austria)

^b Institut für Nährstofftherapie Lungau   (Austria)

^c Geriatriezentrum am Wienerwald   (Austria)

Author keywords

Elderly individuals; Immunity; Immunosenescence; Micronutrients; Na ve T cells

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOTIN; BMI1 PROTEIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM; CARBONIC ACID; CD45RA ANTIGEN; CD45RO ANTIGEN; CHLORIDE; CHROMIUM; COBALT; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FATTY ACID; FLUORINE; FOLIC ACID; IRON; LINOLENIC ACID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; NICOTINIC ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; PANTOTHENIC ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; PHYTOMENADIONE; PLACEBO; PYRIDOXINE; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE; TRACE ELEMENT; UNINDEXED DRUG; CD45 ANTIGEN; INFLUENZA VACCINE; INTERLEUKIN 2; MESSENGER RNA; PTPRC PROTEIN, HUMAN; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE STATUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENESCENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE; AGING; BLOOD; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHEMISTRY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, CD45; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INTERLEUKIN-2; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 77954706977     PISSN: 03009831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0300-9831.79.5.308     Document Type: Article

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