Vitamin E and aging immune response.
Aging is associated with decline in immune response, which contributes to increased incidence of infectious and neoplastic diseases. This article summarizes animal and human studies demonstrating the immuno-stimulatory effects of vitamin E for the immune response in aging. The mechanisms of the effect of vitamin E are discussed.
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Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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D000375:Aging / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000502:physiology
D014810:Vitamin E