| Literature DB >> 11777851 |
Gijs R van den Brink1, Daniëlle E M van den Boogaardt, Sander J H van Deventer, Maikel P Peppelenbosch.
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An English old wives' tale advises us to "feed a cold and starve a fever." Here we report that the nutritional status modulates the T helper 1 (Th1)-Th2 balance of activated T cells in human volunteers. Food intake resulted in increased levels of gamma interferon production, whereas food deprivation stimulated interleukin-4 release.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 11777851 PMCID: PMC119893 DOI: 10.1128/cdli.9.1.182-183.2002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Diagn Lab Immunol ISSN: 1071-412X