Effects of zinc-fortified drinking skim milk (as functional food) on cytokine release and thymic hormone activity in very old persons: A pilot study

Age

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1421-1431

  Costarelli, Laura ^a   Giacconi, Robertina ^a   Malavolta, Marco ^a   Basso, Andrea ^a   Piacenza, Francesco ^a   DeMartiis, Mariluisa ^a   Giannandrea, Elvio ^a   Renieri, Carlo ^b   Busco, Franco ^a   Galeazzi, Roberta ^a   Mocchegiani, Eugenio ^a  

^a INRCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cytokines; Inflammatory immune response; Thymulin; Zinc fortified milk

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12P70; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; THYMULIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; ZINC; CYTOKINE; THYMUS HORMONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HORMONE ACTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MILK; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PILOT STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; AGING; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECTS; IMMUNOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANIMALS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; CYTOKINES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; MALE; MILK; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PILOT PROJECTS; THYMUS HORMONES; ZINC;

EID: 84905397396     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-014-9656-x     Document Type: Article

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