SNP may modify the effect of vitamin A supplementation at birth on cytokine production in a whole blood culture assay

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 615-620

  Jørgensen, Mathias Jul ^a   Fisker, Ane Brent ^a,b   Erikstrup, Christian ^c,d   Claesson, Mogens H ^e   Benn, Christine Stabell ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b Studies of the Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Demographic Surveillance Systems   (Guinea-Bissau)

^c University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Immunology; Sex differences; SNP; Vitamin A supplementation; Whole blood stimulation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BCG VACCINE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 5; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; PLACEBO; RETINOL; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TUBERCULIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IL 10 GENE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKER GENE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEWBORN CARE; PROMOTER REGION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TLR4 GENE; TNFALPHA GENE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

BLOOD CELLS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GUINEA-BISSAU; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84856750704     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114511003515     Document Type: Article

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