The effects of Vitamin A supplementation with measles vaccine on leucocyte counts and in vitro cytokine production

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 619-628

  Jensen, Kristoffer Jarlov ^a,b,c   Fisker, Ane Bærent ^a,b   Andersen, Andreas ^b   Sartono, Erliyani ^d   Yazdanbakhsh, Maria ^d   Aaby, Peter ^a,b   Erikstrup, Christian ^e   Benn, Christine Stabell ^a,b,f  

^a BANDIM HEALTH PROJECT   (Guinea-Bissau)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Differential count; Heterologous immunity; Inflammation; Paediatric nutrition; Vitamin A supplementation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; MEASLES VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; PLACEBO; RETINOL; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; RETINOL PALMITATE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYTOKINE;

ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; CELL COUNT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MONOCYTE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VACCINATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; BLOOD CELL; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOLOGY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FOLLOW UP; HETEROLOGOUS IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE; MEASLES; METABOLISM; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

BIOMARKERS; BLOOD CELLS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, HETEROLOGOUS; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES; LOST TO FOLLOW-UP; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84956825902     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114515004869     Document Type: Article

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