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 Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 1:06 pm Post subject: Salt as a trigger of autoimmune disease |
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From Physician's First Watch, March 7, 2013:
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Mice, Take Note: Excess Dietary Salt Seems to Drive Autoimmune Disease
By Joe Elia
Increasing levels of dietary salt are associated with increasing production of inflammatory factors linked to the development of autoimmune diseases, according to a Nature study.
Researchers subjected human CD4+ cells in culture to increasing concentrations of NaCl. The salt produced dose-dependent increases in the number of cells producing the inflammatory mediator interleukin-17, which has been linked to multiple sclerosis, psoriasis, and other autoimmune conditions.
The scientists then tested increased dietary salt intake in mice, which showed similar results.
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