Neutropenia caused by copper deficiency: possible mechanisms of action
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In copper deficient humans the blood contains less neutrophils than normal. Since the blood contains the normal amount of promyelocyte, it has been suggested that either the neutrophils die early or the promyelocytes do not differentiate into mature neutrophils. Lack of copper may also damage the neutrophils in the bone marrow or in the circulating blood. Copper deficiency affects the immune system by slowing down the rate of antibody formation. A high zinc diet, malnutrition and copper deficient parenteral fluid prescribed after gastric resection cause copper deficiency in humans.
Publication Name: Nutrition Reviews
Subject: Food/cooking/nutrition
ISSN: 0029-6643
Year: 1995
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Possible new developments in community control of iron-deficiency anemia
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Results of a research on Chinese preschool children revealed that weekly oral administration of iron to anemic subjects substantially improved their iron status with only negligible side effects. Follow-up studies on the benefits of weekly iron supplements in controlling iron deficiency are being conducted on pregnant women, adolescent girls and preschool children in eight nations through the WHO-United Nations University-UNICEF study.
Publication Name: Nutrition Reviews
Subject: Food/cooking/nutrition
ISSN: 0029-6643
Year: 1995
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Ethanol stimulates apo A-1 secretion in human hepatocytes: a possible mechanism underlying the cardioprotective effect of ethanol
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Ethanol intake may protect people from coronary heart disease. The reason why ethanol intake has this effect is unknown, but research is being done on how ethanol affects particular plasma lipoproteins. The work of R.N. Amarasuriya and other scientists suggests that ethanol encourages the formation of apo A-1 molecules, which have the capacity to increase the efflux of cholesterol from cells.
Publication Name: Nutrition Reviews
Subject: Food/cooking/nutrition
ISSN: 0029-6643
Year: 1993
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