Dietary zinc deficiency in rodents: Effects on T-cell development, maturation and phenotypes

Nutrients

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 449-466

  Blewett, Heather J ^a,b   Taylor, Carla G ^a,b  

^a The Inst of Cardiovascular Sciences   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Flow cytometry; Immune function; Mice; P56lck; Rats; Recent thymic emigrants; T cell development; T cell maturation; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; PROTEIN P56; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; CELL MATURATION; CELL STIMULATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; LYMPHOID ORGAN; MALNUTRITION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84862121126     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu4060449     Document Type: Review

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