| Literature DB >> 10989765 |
U Funada1, M Wada, T Kawata, K Mori, H Tamai, T Kawanishi, A Kunou, N Tanaka, T Tadokoro, A Maekawa.
Abstract
To clarify the role of vitamin B12 in the function of cell-mediated and humoral immune functions, the splenocytes expression of CD4, CD8 and serum C3, IgM, IgG concentrations were examined in vitamin B12-deficient rats, and the effect of the administration of methylcobalamin was also studied. The CD4+CD8-/CD4-CD8+ ratio in splenocytes was significantly higher in vitamin B12-deficient rats than in control rats (p < 0.05). The value in the 48 hours after methylcobalamin administration group, was within the normal range (p < 0.05). From these results, the elevation of the CD4+CD8-/CD4-CD8+ ratio by vitamin B12-deficiency was confirmed in rats. The serum C3, IgM and IgG concentrations were lower in the vitamin B12-deficient group than in the control group. These findings suggest that vitamin B12 plays a role in maintaining the immune function in rats.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID： 10989765 DOI： 10.1024/0300-9831.70.4.167
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Vitam Nutr Res ISSN： 0300-9831 Impact factor: 1.784