Effects of Dietary Restriction on Immune Function in Rodent Model Systems
Abstract
Humans and laboratory animals experience a decline in immune system function and DNA excision repair correlated with increased occurrence of cancer as a function of age. Dietary restriction is reported to be associated with increased lifespan and with increased DNA excision repair in laboratory animals. This report shows that dietary restriction is correlated with increased lifespan of male and female rats and mice, and with the capacity of cultured splenocytes from these animals to initiate blastogenesis in response to antigenic stimulation.
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Program year: 1996/1997Digitized from print original stored in HDR
Citation
Rowe, Russell S. (1989). Effects of Dietary Restriction on Immune Function in Rodent Model Systems. University Undergraduate Fellow. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /CAPSTONE -RoweR _1989.