Journal
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR NEUROSCIENCE
Volume 59, Issue 3, Pages 360-365Publisher
HUMANA PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1007/s12031-016-0747-2
Keywords
Multiple sclerosis; Retinyl palmitate; T-bet; IFN-gamma
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- School of Nutritional Science and Dietetics
- Iranian Center for Neurological Research [10033]
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Vitamin A derivatives such as retinoic acid may improve the impaired balance of CD4+ T cells in autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. This study is a double-blind randomized trial to evaluate the effect of vitamin A (as form of retinyl palmitate) supplementation on multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. Thirty-nine patients were enrolled and randomly assigned to two groups. Both groups were followed for 6 months. The experimental group received 25,000 IU of retinyl palmitate daily, while the control group received a placebo. Before and after the study, the expression of interferon gamma (IFN-gamma) and T-bet genes was evaluated in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of patients by RT-PCR. The results showed that after 6 months of supplementation, expression of IFN-gamma and T-bet was significantly decreased. These data suggest that retinyl palmitate supplementation can modulate the impaired balance of Th1 and Th2 cells and vitamin A products that may be involved in the therapeutic mechanism of vitamin A in MS patients. This study provides information regarding the decreased gene expression of IFN-gamma and T-bet in MS by retinyl palmitate supplementation.
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