Delayed-type hypersensitivity skin response

1. Vitamin E increases delayed-type hypersensitivity skin response in humans (65% increase versus 17% with placebo).

   “Subjects consuming 200 mg/d of vitamin E had a 65% increase in DTH”

   Human trialhealthy elderly subjectsskin200 mg/d4 months

   Vitamin E supplementation and in vivo immune response in healthy elderly subjects. A randomized controlled trial

   JAMA·7 May 1997

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