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Alterations in mouse Peyer's patch lymphocyte phenotype after ethanol consumption.
Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.) - 1 Jan 2000
Lopez M C, Watzl B, Colombo L L, Watson R R
Abstract excerpt
The objective of this study was to determine if chronic ethanol consumption could modify cell populations in the Peyer's patches (PP), which could favor pathogenic or opportunistic infections in mice, as seen in chronic alcohol addicts. Young C57BL/6 mice receiving the Lieber-DeCarli diet (36% of calories as ethanol) for 5 weeks presented a significant decrease in the total number of cells in the PP. Mature FVB...
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