Dietary restriction and fasting arrest B and T cell development and increase mature B and T cell numbers in bone marrow.

Dietary restriction (DR) delays ageing and extends life span. Both long- and short-term DR, as well as short-term fasting provide robust protection against many "neuronal and surgery related damaging phenomena" such as Parkinson's disease and ischemia-reperfusion injury. The exact mec...

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Main Authors: Shushimita Shushimita, Marjolein J W de Bruijn, Ron W F de Bruin, Jan N M IJzermans, Rudi W Hendriks, Frank J M F Dor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3913690?pdf=render