Cocoa-enriched diets modulate intestinal and systemic humoral immune response in young adult rats

Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Volumn 55, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Pérez Berezo, Teresa ^a   Franch, Angels ^a,b,c   Ramos Romero, Sara ^a   Castellote, Cristina ^a,b,c   Pérez Cano, Francisco J ^a,b   Castell, Margarida ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Institut de Recerca en Nutricio i Seguretat Alimentaria INSA UB   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cocoa; Gut associated lymphoid tissue; Humoral immune response; Immunoglobulin

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CACAO; CHEMISTRY; DIET; DOWN REGULATION; FECES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYMPH NODE; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAT; SPLEEN; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CACAO; DIET; DOWN-REGULATION; FECES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTESTINES; LYMPH NODES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA; SPLEEN;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 79957831467     PISSN: 16134125     EISSN: 16134133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201000588     Document Type: Article

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