title: [Effect of vitamin B6 on some immune responses in chronic uremia (author's transl)].
abstract: Patients with chronic uremia undergoing periodic haemodialysis were found to have low levels of vitamin B6 (12 out of 18 patients). The same subjects also showed a reduction of the immunocompetence. The AA. report that the administration of pyridoxine (100 mg/die for 4 weeks) can induce a normalization of the vitamin levels and of some immunological parameters.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000917:Antibody Formation / Q000187:drug effects; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular / Q000187:drug effects; D007121:Immunocompetence / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D011736:Pyridoxine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D012397:Rosette Formation; D014511:Uremia / Q000276:immunology*; D026681:Vitamin B 6 Deficiency / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D011736:Pyridoxine
vernacular_title: Vitamine ed immunità: effeto della vitamina B6 sull'immunocompetenza dell'uremico cronico.