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Mild human zinc deficiency produces an imbalance between cell-mediated and humoral immunity
1Center for Studies of Sensory Impairment, Aging and Metabolism, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
Nutrition Reviews
|March 3, 1998
Abstract:
Experimental studies in human volunteers confirm an influence of zinc nutriture on the balance between lymphocyte TH1 elements and functions (cell-mediated immunity) and TH2 elements and functions (humoral immunity).