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Harvard University
Energetic and nutritional regulation of immune response reviewed
November 6th, 2004
Scientists review energetic and nutritional regulation of the adaptive immune response and trade-offs in ecological immunology in a recent issue of the American Journal of Human Biology. "Ecological immunology views immunocompetence as a costly process involving trade-off decisions among competing nutrient demands by different life-history traits. This review examines immunocompetence fitness costs in light of recent work on the role the energetic and nutritional status of the host plays in the regulation of the adaptive T-helper lymphocyte response," researchers in the United States report. "Three phenotypically distinct T-lymphocyte...
Source: Healthcare Mergers, Acquisitions & Ventures Week (2004-11-06)
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