Obesity with a body mass index under 30 does not significantly impair the immune response in young adults

Nutrition Research

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 362-369

  Han, Sung Nim ^a   Jeon, Kyeong Jin ^a   Kim, Min Soo ^a   Kim, Hye Kyeong ^b   Lee, Ae Jin ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Human; Immune response; Inflammatory cytokine; Obesity; TH1 TH2 cytokines

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEPTIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; OBESITY; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTININS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-4; LEPTIN; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MITOGENS; OBESITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79957697447     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: 18790739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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