Gestational zinc deficiency impairs humoral and cellular immune responses to hepatitis B vaccination in offspring mice.

BACKGROUND: Gestational zinc deficiency has been confirmed to impair the infant immune function. However, knowledge about effects of maternal mild zinc deficiency during pregnancy on hepatitis B vaccine responsiveness in offspring is limited. In this report, we aimed to examine how maternal zinc def...

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Main Authors: Ning Zhao, Xuelian Wang, Ying Zhang, Qiuhong Gu, Fen Huang, Wei Zheng, Zhiwei Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3775768?pdf=render