Vitamin B12 and folic acid imbalance modifies NK cytotoxicity, lymphocytes B and lymphoprolipheration in aged rats

Nutrients

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 4836-4848

  Partearroyo, Teresa ^a   Úbeda, Natalia ^a   Montero, Ana ^a   Achón, María ^a   Varela Moreiras, Gregorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SAN PABLO CEU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging; Folic acid; Immunology; Rats

Indexed keywords

CD45 ANTIGEN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; ENDOTOXIN; FOLIC ACID; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 4; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOID CELL; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; RAT;

RATTUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD45; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONCANAVALIN A; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FOLIC ACID; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LIVER; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEUTROPHILS; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPLEEN; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 84888312625     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu5124836     Document Type: Article

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