TABLE 2.
Functional assessments of monocytes and granulocytes in men before and 1 wk after supplementation with placebo (low VA stores) or vitamin A (high VA stores)1
| Low VA store
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High VA store
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Post | Pre | Post | |
| Monocytes | MFI (% of responder cells) | |||
| PMA ROS | 203 ± 22.9* | 156 ± 11.0 | 211 ± 14.2* | 173 ± 10.1 |
| (67.7 ± 2.72) | (65.1 ± 1.77) | (70.3 ± 2.07) | (67.6 ± 1.35) | |
| E. coli ROS | 56.9 ± 4.58 | 53.7 ± 3.06 | 61.5 ± 3.95 | 59.9 ± 3.81 |
| (26.0 ± 2.50) | (26.0 ± 2.61) | (30.0 ± 2.14) | (29.3 ± 2.67) | |
| E. coli Phago | 1720 ± 163 | 1653 ± 211 | 1747 ± 156 | 1646 ± 197 |
| (82.61 ± 1.81) | (81.4 ± 2.18) | (83.6 ± 1.58) | (82.0 ± 1.68) | |
| Granulocytes | ||||
| PMA ROS | 2100 ± 134 | 2187 ± 81.7 | 2066 ± 178 | 2101 ± 76.6 |
| (98.7 ± 0.22) | (99.2 ± 0.13) | (97.9 ± 0.37) | (98.9 ± 0.17) | |
| E. coli ROS | 382 ± 50.3 | 332 ± 26.0 | 426 ± 52.3 | 374 ± 45.6 |
| (84.9 ± 2.32) | (87.2 ± 1.76) | (81.5 ± 3.15) | (87.8 ± 1.70) | |
| E. coli Phago | 5001 ± 461* | 4190 ± 444 | 5166 ± 494* | 4167 ± 421 |
| (97.9 ± 0.32) | (97.8 ± 0.42) | (97.9 ± 0.70) | (98.0 ± 0.28) | |
1
Values are means ± SE, n = 18. *Different from postsupplementation (within group), P < 0.05.