Nutrition
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 41-46 , January 2003

Dietary ribonucleotides increase antigen-specific type 1 T-helper cells in the regional draining lymph nodes in young BALB/cJ mice

Part of this study was presented in the Annual Meeting of Experimental Biology, 2001, held in Orlando, FL, March 31 to April 4, 2001.

  • Harumi Jyonouchi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Harumi Jyonouchi, MD, Division of Allergy/Immunology/ID/Pulmonology, Department of Pediatrics, UMDNJ (University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey) 185 South Orange Ave., Newark, NJ 07103-2714, USA.
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  • Sining Sun, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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  • Timothy Winship, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Ross Products Division, Abbott Laboratories, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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  • Matthew J Kuchan, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Ross Products Division, Abbott Laboratories, Columbus, Ohio, USA

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☆ This study was supported in part by a grant from the Ross Product Division, Abbott Laboratories, Columbus, Ohio, USA.

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Nutrition
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 41-46 , January 2003

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