Abstract
BACKGROUND: Ethanol ('alcohol') is a partly hydrophobic detergent that may affect the accessibility of glycolipids thereby influencing immunological effects of these molecules.
METHODS: The study included cellular in vitro tests using α-galactosylceramide (αGalCer), and in vivo NOD mice experiments detecting diabetes incidence and performing behavioural and bacterial analyses.
RESULTS: Alcohol in concentrations from 0.6% to 2.5% increased IL-2 production from NKT cells stimulated with αGalCer by 60% (p
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | e17931 |
| Journal | PLoS ONE [E] |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 |
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