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Table 4 Comparison of granulocyte counts and functions in aged individuals and zinc deficient state

From: Zinc deficiency as possible link between immunosenescence and age-related diseases

Cell type

Characteristics

Alteration

References

Elderly

ZD

Elderly

ZD

Neutrophil granulocytes

 

Cell Number

[123, 167, 168] ↑

[130, 169, 170] ↔ 

[171] ↔ 

[172, 173] ↑

 

NLR

[123] ↑

[129] ↑

 

Apoptosis

[130, 131] ↑

[136]

[134, 135] ↑

 

Oxidative Burst

 ↔ 

[136, 148, 155,156,157] ↓

[150] ↓↑

[151,152,153] ↓

 

Chemotaxis

[143,144,145,146,147] ↓

[12, 137, 139, 142] ↓

 

Phagocytosis

[147,148,149] ↓

[12] ↓

[163]

 

NETosis

[164,165,166] ↓

[161,162,163, 174] ↓

Basophil granulocytes

 
 

Cell Number

[175] ↓

[172, 173] ↑

 

Cell Number (tissue resident)

-

[176] ↑

-

Eosinophil granulocytes

 

Cell Number

[168] ↓

[177] ↓

[172, 173, 178] ↑

 

Cell number (tissue resident)

 ↔ 

[168, 179] ↔ 

[180] ↑

  1. ZD Zinc deficiency, ↓: decreased significantly, : probably decreased; ↔ : no effect, or effect unclear, -: no data available, : probably increased; ↑: increased significantly