Zinc and pregnancy: Marked changes on the immune response following zinc therapy for pregnant females challenged with Trypanosoma cruzi

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 592-598

  Da Costa, Cássia Mariana Bronzon ^a   Brazão, Vânia ^a   Collins Kuehn, Christian ^a   Rodrigues Oliveira, Luiz Gustavo ^a   Do Prado Júnior, José Clóvis ^a   Sala, Miguel Angel ^a   Carraro Abrahão, Ana Amélia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Immune response; Pregnancy; Trypanosoma cruzi; Zinc

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; NITRIC OXIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; ZINC SULFATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITEMIA; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; RAT; RISK REDUCTION; SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HEART; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; NITRIC OXIDE; PARASITEMIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; ZINC;

EID: 84879426488     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: 15321983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2012.10.012     Document Type: Article

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