Zinc decreases C-reactive protein, lipid peroxidation, and inflammatory cytokines in elderly subjects: a potential implication of zinc as an atheroprotective agent - Bao, Bin; Prasad, Ananda S; Beck, Frances WJ; Fitzgerald, James T; Snell, Diane; Bao, Ginny W; Singh, Tapinder; Cardozo, Lavoisier J (The American journal of clinical nutrition, 2010)
Keywords: administration & dosage; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; anti-inflammatory activity; antioxidant activity; atheroprotective activity; atherosclerosis; Atherosclerosis - blood; Atherosclerosis - immunology; Atherosclerosis - prevention & control; Biological and medical sciences; blood; C-reactive protein; C-Reactive Protein - metabolism; Chemokine CCL2; Chemokine CCL2 - blood; Cytokines; Cytokines - blood; dietary mineral supplements; dietary minerals; Dietary Supplements; DNA-Binding Proteins; Double-Blind Method; drug effects; elderly; elderly nutrition; Endothelial Cells; Endothelial Cells - drug effects; Endothelial Cells - metabolism; Feeding. Feeding behavior; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; HL-60 Cells; Humans; immunology; inflammation; Interleukin-6; Interleukin-6 - blood; Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins - blood; lipid peroxidation; Lipid Peroxidation - drug effects; Lipids; Male; Malondialdehyde; Malondialdehyde - blood; metabolism; Middle Aged; NF-kappa B; NF-kappa B - blood; Nuclear Proteins; Nuclear Proteins - blood; Nutrition; Older people; Original Research Communications; oxidative stress; Oxidative Stress - drug effects; Phospholipases A2; Phospholipases A2 - blood; Plasma; PPAR alpha; PPAR alpha - blood; prevention & control; protective effect; Proteins; Risk factors; Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha-Induced Protein 3; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha - blood; Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1; Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 - blood; Veins & arteries; Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems; Vitamins, Minerals, and Phytochemicals; Zinc; Zinc - administration & dosage; Zinc - blood; Human; Decrease; Cytokine; Lipids; Inflammation; C reactive protein; Elderly; Zinc; Peroxidation