Immune status is more affected by age than by carotenoid depletion-repletion in healthy human subjects

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2054-2065

  Farges, Marie Chantal ^a   Minet Quinard, Régine ^a   Walrand, Stéphane ^a   Thivat, Emilie ^a   Ribalta, Josep ^b   Winklhofer Roob, Brigitte ^c   Rock, Edmond ^d   Vasson, Marie Paule ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIÓ SANITÀRIA PERE VIRGILI IISPV   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

^e CENTRE JEAN PERRIN   (France)

Author keywords

Carotene; Chemotaxis; Delayed type hypersensitivity; Dietary depletion and repletion; Immunoglobulins; Interleukins; Phagocytosis

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; CD45RA ANTIGEN; CD45RO ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 2; LYCOPENE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; XANTHOPHYLL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL FUNCTION; DEPLETION; DIETARY INTAKE; EX VIVO STUDY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNE STATUS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NORMAL HUMAN; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTIOXIDANTS; CAROTENOIDS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FRANCE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; IGA DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PHAGOCYTE BACTERICIDAL DYSFUNCTION; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871270647     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114512000177     Document Type: Article

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