Biomarkers as early predictors of long-term health status and human immunefunction

Authors
Bronson, R Birt, D Meydani, SN
Citation
R. Bronson et al., Biomarkers as early predictors of long-term health status and human immunefunction, NUTR REV, 57(9), 1999, pp. S7-S12
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Food Science/Nutrition","Endocrinology, Nutrition & Metabolism
Journal title
NUTRITION REVIEWS
ISSN journal
00296643 → ACNP
Volume
57
Issue
9
Year of publication
1999
Part
2
Pages
S7 - S12
Database
ISI
SICI code
0029-6643(199909)57:9<S7:BAEPOL>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
A central issue that must be addressed by phytonutrient research is how to assess the effects of phytonutrients on long-term health. Proper assessment of these effects requires the measurement of biomarkers of long-term healt h in people consuming any particular phytonutrient. This is a brief review of what is known about biomarkers of cancer risk, immune function, and agin g. Relatively few biomarkers of long-term health have been even partially v alidated in experimental animals or people.