title: The immunoenhancing property of dietary whey protein concentrate.
abstract: The plaque-forming cell response to sheep red blood cells was found to be enhanced in mice fed a formula diet containing 20 g lactalbumin/100 g diet in comparison to mice fed equivalent formula diets of similar nutritional efficiency containing 20 g/100 g diet of either casein, soy, wheat or corn protein, egg albumin, beef or fish protein, Spirulina maxima, or Scenedesmus protein, or Purina mouse chow. This effect was manifest after 2 weeks and persisted for at least 8 weeks of dietary treatment. Mixing lactalbumin with either casein or soy protein in a 20 g protein/100 g diet formula significantly enhanced the immune response in comparison to that of mice fed diets containing 20% soy protein or casein.
authors.affiliation: Montreal General Hospital Research Institute, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bounous
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Kongshavn
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gold
mesh_terms: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; D000818:Animals; D000921:Antibody-Producing Cells / Q000276:immunology; D004044:Dietary Proteins / Q000276:immunology / Q000494:pharmacology; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000276:immunology; D007768:Lactalbumin / Q000276:immunology / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D008894:Milk Proteins / Q000276:immunology* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000067816:Whey Proteins
chemical_list: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; D004044:Dietary Proteins; D008894:Milk Proteins; D000067816:Whey Proteins; D007768:Lactalbumin