Zinc supplementation alters airway inflammation and airway hyperresponsiveness to a common allergen

• Main Authors: Morgan Carrie I (Author), Ledford John R (Author), Zhou Ping (Author), Page Kristen (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: BMC, 2011-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Assuntos: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Zinc supplementation can modulate immunity through inhibition of NF-κB, a transcription factor that controls many immune response genes. Thus, we sought to examine the mechanism by which zinc supplementation tempers the response to a...