Patient's Query
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Please tell all the ways vitamin C affects the immune system.
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Ways of how vitamin C affects the immune system:
It improves:
1. Antimicrobial and natural killer cell activities.
2. Lymphocytes proliferation.
3. Chemotaxis.
4. Delayed type hypersensitivity.
5. Contributes to maintaining redox integrity of the cells.
6. Subsequently protects them against reactive oxygen species generated during the respiratory burst and in the inflammatory response.
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Answered byDr. Albana Greca
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