introduction: zinc deficiency causes abnormalities in immune response. in chronic hemodialysis (hd) and continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (capd) patients, impaired immune responses to vaccination have been reported. therefore, we performed a study to determine the correlation between serum zinc levels and immune response to hepatitis b vaccination in patients on dialysis. methods: a cro...

the effect of different levels of zinc and copper organic supplements on performance, plasma copper plus zinc status, serum alkaline phosphatase (alp), ceruloplasmin (cp) activity as well as vitamin ¬a concentration was studied in 25 mehraban male lambs each of 5-6 months of age and 30/64±3/47kg of live weight. the following five dietary treatments were used: 1) control (base diet with no addit...

Simultaneous zinc and vitamin A deficiency are common health problems in developing countries. The objective of this study was to assess the effect of vitamin A- and zinc-deficient diet on immunoglobulin A (IgA) response. Six-week-old mice were assigned into two groups receiving a normal vitamin A and zinc or low vitamin A and zinc diet for five months. Serum and intestinal mucosa IgA levels we...

BACKGROUND Recurrent Herpes Labialis (RHL) is one of most common infective vesiculoulcerative lesions. According to some studies administration of topical and/or systemic zinc compositions has been effective in treatment and prevention. This article aims to comparison of zinc level in healthy subjects and RHL patients in acute and convalescent phases. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a retrospe...

Background and Aims: Giardia lamblia infection is a common cause of food and water-borne diarrhea in non-sanitary communities. Infections are common in children, particularly in child-care centers, backpackers, travelers, and homosexuals. Zinc is necessary for the immune system functions. Zinc deficiency is associated with acute diarrhea. Copper is essential for the production of red blood cell...

OBJECTIVE To assess stunting and zinc deficiency among primary school children in north rural area of Jiangsu Province with low soil zinc concentrations, eastern part of China. METHODS Two data collection rounds were conducted. In the first data collection round, 2268 primary school children aged 6-9 years were included by cluster sampling from three counties with low soil zinc concentrations...

OBJECTIVE Zinc is an essential trace element that plays a key role in several cellular processes and has been suggested to be involved in blood pressure regulation. We aimed to prospectively investigate the association between baseline concentrations of serum zinc and incident hypertension. METHODS We analyzed data involving 1652 men aged 42-61 years without a known history of hypertension at...

A role for metallothionein in intestinal zinc absorption has been the subject of considerable debate. If metallothionein affects zinc absorption, then those factors that induce metallothionein synthesis (e.g., heavy metals, hormones) should alter zinc absorption and homeostasis. The present studies used metallothionein transgenic mice (overexpressing) and metallothionein knockout mice (no expre...

A role for metallothionein in intestinal zinc absorption has been the subject of considerable debate. If metallothionein affects zinc absorption, then those factors that induce metallothionein synthesis (e.g., heavy metals, hormones) should alter zinc absorption and homeostasis. The present studies used metallothionein transgenic mice (overexpressing) and metallothionein knockout mice (no expre...