Publications

Ren Z, Guo Z, Meydani SN, Wu D. White button mushroom enhances maturation of bone marrow derived dendritic cells and their antigen presenting function in mice. J. Nutr. 2008; 138:544-550.

Wu D, Ren Z, Pae M, Guo W, Cui X, Merrill AH, Meydani SN. Aging up-regulates expression of inflammatory mediators in mouse adipose tissue. J. Immunol. 2007; 179:4829-39.

Meydani SN, Barnett JB, Dallal GE, Fine BC, Jacques PF, Leka LS, Hamer DH. Serum zinc and pneumonia in nursing home elderly. AJCN, 2007; 86:1167-73.

Wu D, Pae M, Ren Z, Guo Z, Smith D, Meydani SN. Dietary Supplementation with White Button Mushroom Enhances Natural Killer Cell Activity in C57BL/6 Mice. J. Nutr. 2007; 137:1472-1477.

Marko GM, Ahmed T, Bunnell SC, Wu D, Chung H, Huber BT, Meydani SN. Age-associated decline in effective immune synapse formation of CD4+ T cells is reversed by vitamin E supplementation. J. Immunol. 2007; 178:1443-1449.

Gay RT, Belisle S, Beck MA, Meydani SN. An aged host promotes the evolution of an avirulent coxsackievirus into a virulent strain. PNAS. 2006; 103: 13825-13830.

Han SN, Adolfsson O, Lee C-K, Prolla TA, Ordovas J, Meydani SN. Age and vitamin E-induced changes in Gene Expression Profiles of T cells. J. Immunol, 2006; 177: 6052-6061.

Sempértegui F, Estrella B, Elmieh N, Jordan M, Ahmed T, Rodríguez A, Tucker KL, Hamer DH, Reeves PG, Meydani SN. Nutritional, immunological, and health status of the elderly population living in poor neighborhoods of Quito, Ecuador. Br. J. Nutr. 2006; 96:845-853.

Wu D, Han SN, Meydani M, Meydani SN. Effect of concomitant consumption of fish oil and vitamin E on T cell mediated function in the elderly: a randomized double-blind controlled trial. JACN, 2006; 25:300-306.

Meydani SN, Leka LS, Fine BC, Dallal GE, Keusch GT, Singh MF, Hamer DH. Vitamin E and respiratory infections among elderly nursing home residents: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA, 2004; 292:828-836.

Han SN, Leka LS, Lichtenstein AH, Ausman LM, Schaefer EJ, Meydani SN. Effect of therapeutic lifestyle change (TLC) on immune function of moderately hypercholesterolemic humans. J. Lipid Research. 2003; 44:2304-2310.

Wu D, Marko M, Claycombe K, Paulson KE, Meydani SN. Ceramide-induced and age-associated increase in macrophage COX-2 expression: role of NF-kappaB. J Biol. Chem. 2003; 278:10983-10992.

Claycombe, KJ, Wu D, Nikolova-Karakashian M, Palmer H, Beharka A, Paulson KE and Meydani SN. Ceramide mediates age-associated increase in macrophage cyclooxygenase (COX-2) expression. J. Biol. Chem. 2002; 277:30784-30791. 

Adolfsson O, Huber BT, Meydani SN.  Vitamin E-enhanced IL-2 production in old mice: naïve but not memory T cells show increased cell division cycling and IL-2 producing capacity.  J. Immunol. 2001; 167:3809-3817.

Han SN, Wu D, Ha WK, Beharka AA, Smith D, Bender BS, Meydani SN. Vitamin E supplementation increases Th1 cytokine production in old mice infected with influenza virus infection.  Immunology. 2000;100:487-493.

Meydani SN, Meydani M, Blumberg JB, Leka LS, Siber G, Loszewski R, Thompson C, Pedrosa MC, Diamond RD, Stollar BD.  Vitamin E supplementation and in vivo immune response in healthy elderly subjects: A randomized controlled trial. JAMA 1997; 277:1380-1386.