Showing papers by "Ananda S. Prasad published in 2007"
TL;DR: After zinc supplementation, the incidence of infections was significantlyLower, plasma zinc was significantly higher, and generation of tumor necrosis factor alpha and oxidative stress markers was significantly lower in the zinc-supplemented than in the placebo group.
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TL;DR: It is concluded that zinc has an important role in cell-mediated immune functions and also functions as antiinflammatory and antioxidant agent.
Abstract: Zinc deficiency in humans decreases the activity of serum thymulin (a thymic hormone), which is required for maturation of T-helper cells. T-helper 1 (Th(1)) cytokines are decreased but T-helper 2 (Th(2)) cytokines are not affected by zinc deficiency in humans. This shift of Th(1) to Th(2) function results in cell-mediated immune dysfunction. Because IL-2 production (Th(1) cytokine) is decreased, this leads to decreased activities of natural-killer cell and T cytolytic cells, which are involved in killing viruses, bacteria, and tumor cells. In humans, zinc deficiency may decrease the generation of new CD4+ T cells from the thymus. In cell culture studies (HUT-78, a Th(0) human malignant lymphoblastoid cell line), as a result of zinc deficiency, nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) activation, phosphorylation of IkappaB, and binding of NF-kappaB to DNA are decreased and this results in decreased Th(1) cytokine production. In another study, zinc supplementation to humans decreased the gene expression and production of pro-inflammatory cytokines and decreased oxidative stress markers. In HL-60 cells (a human pro-myelocytic leukemia cell line), zinc deficiency increased the levels of TNF-alpha, IL-1beta, and IL-8 cytokines and mRNA. In these cells, zinc induced A20, a zinc finger protein that inhibited NF-kappaB activation via tumor necrosis factor receptor associated factor pathway, and this decreased gene expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines and oxidative stress markers. We conclude that zinc has an important role in cell-mediated immune functions and also functions as antiinflammatory and antioxidant agent.
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TL;DR: It is found that zinc increased phosphorylated IκB‐α, NF‐κB translocation and activation, as well as the production of IL‐2 and IL-2Rα in wild type IκBs gene transfected zinc‐sufficient HUT‐78 cells, compared to zinc‐deficient HUT'78 cells.
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TL;DR: P4 and P5, synthetic peptides derived from the 38 th Kringle of Apo(a) have anti-proliferative and anti-angiogenic effects, which may potentially be applicable for cancer treatment.
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