The effect of at-birth vitamin A SUPPL.ementation on differential leucocyte counts and in vitro cytokine production: An immunological study nested within a randomised trial in Guinea-Bissau

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 467-477

  Jørgensen, Mathias J ^a,e   Fisker, Ane B ^b   Sartono, Erliyani ^c   Andersen, Andreas ^a,b   Erikstrup, Christian ^d   Lisse, Ida M ^d   Yazdanbakhsh, Maria ^c   Aaby, Peter ^a,b   Benn, Christine S ^a,b  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

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

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diphtheria tetanus pertussis vaccination; Immunology; Vitamin A SUPPL.ementation; Whole blood stimulation

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 5; PLACEBO; RETINOL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BIRTH; BLOOD CULTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MONOCYTE; MORTALITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VACCINATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

BCG VACCINE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CYTOKINES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MONOCYTES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TUBERCULOSIS; VITAMIN A;

EID: 84885834037     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114512001304     Document Type: Article

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