Vitamin A Deficiency Impairs Induction of Oral Tolerance in Mice

Akiko NAKAMOTO, Emi SHUTO, Rie TSUTSUMI, Mariko NAKAMOTO, Yoshitaka NII, Tohru SAKAI
2015 Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology  
Regarding induction of Tregs, the conversion rate of Foxp3 1 cells from naïve CD4 1 cell by CD11c 1 cells was decreased in vitamin A-deficient mice. Our study indicates that vitamin A deficiency causes the breakdown of oral tolerance in vivo.
doi:10.3177/jnsv.61.147 pmid:26052145 fatcat:xhcyhjbvpvgg3dvh356ldtfoy4