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Effects of zinc deficiency on immune functions

2000-01-01

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Nutritional deficiency of zinc is widespread throughout the developing world. Zinc deficient subjects experience increased susceptibility to a variety of infections. Zinc deficiency in an experimental human model caused an imbalance between Th1 and Th2 functions. Production of IFN-γ and IL-2 (products of TH1) were decreased, whereas production of IL-4, IL-6 and IL-10 (products of Th2) were not affected due to zinc...

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Literature Corpus work: 3ce4bb91-461c-52a7-9cde-d4338fda7072
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-670x(2000)13:1<1::aid-jtra3>3.0.co;2-2

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