Leucine and methionine deficiency impairs immunity to gastrointestinal parasites during lactation

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 273-282

  Sakkas, Panagiotis ^a,c   Jones, Leigh A ^a,d   Houdijk, Jos G M ^a   Athanasiadou, Spiridoula ^a   Knox, Dave P ^b   Kyriazakis, Ilias ^a,e  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lactation; Leucine; Methionine; Nematodes

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LEUCINE; METHIONINE; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

AMINO ACID DEFICIENCY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; GOBLET CELL; IMMUNITY; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTATION; LEUCINE DEFICIENCY; LITTER SIZE; MAST CELL; METHIONINE DEFICIENCY; NEMATODIASIS; NIPPOSTRONGYLUS BRASILIENSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DIET; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; RAT; WEIGHT GAIN; WORM EGG; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; BIRTH; BODY WEIGHT; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD COMPOSITION; GASTROINTESTINAL PARASITE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LARVA; MALE; PARASITE; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN INTAKE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; DIET, PROTEIN-RESTRICTED; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LACTATION; LARVA; LEUCINE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; METHIONINE; NIPPOSTRONGYLUS; PARASITE LOAD; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84873031612     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114512000931     Document Type: Article

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