Effects of acute dietary zinc depletion on the gene expression profile of whole blood in human male adults
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ABSTRACT: Even though the importance of adequate zinc intake has been known for around half a century, a reliable diagnostic tool to assess the dietary zinc status of individual humans or populations is in absence. The specific aim of this study was to examine differential expression of specific gene transcripts that occur when the dietary intake of zinc is acutely reduced below the dietary requirement for a period of ten days. Gene expression profiles of whole blood collected before and after dietary zinc restriction were determined by microarray analyses. The data provide potential signature genes of suboptimal zinc consumption and relevant bioinformatic interpretation indicate immune response and cell cycle regulation as biological processes associated with the zinc-responsive genes.
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE33174 | GEO | 2011/11/15
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA149223
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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