CellWell record HH-5299
Short-term oral zinc supplementation enhances Natural Killer cell functionality and decreases circulating Innate Lymphoid Cell counts and frequencies in healthy young adults
Amling L, Rink L, Bennstein SB
Journal of Translational Medicine ยท 2025
In plain language
In zinc-deficient young adults (a subset of 54 people also including vegetarians and vegans), 14 days of 10mg daily zinc supplementation was linked to enhanced natural killer cell function and fewer circulating innate lymphoid cells, measured before versus after.
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- Emerging
- Design
- Randomized controlled trial
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- Human
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