RESEARCH - Chronic inflammation may be eased by vitamin E

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MedicalNewsToday

07 Dec 2008

Chronic Inflammation May Be Eased By Vitamin E

With up to half of a person's body mass consisting of skeletal muscle,

chronic inflammation of those muscles - which include those found in

the limbs - can result in significant physical impairment.

According to University of Illinois kinesiology and community health

professor Huey, past research has demonstrated that the

antioxidant properties of Vitamin E may be associated with reduced

expression of certain pro-inflammatory cytokines, in vitro, in various

types of cells. Cytokines are regulatory proteins that function as

intercellular communicators that assist the immune system in

generating a response.

To consider whether the administration of Vitamin E, in vivo, might

have similar effects on skeletal and cardiac muscle, Huey and a team

of Illinois researchers put Vitamin E to the test in mice. The team

included study designer Rodney , a U. of I. professor of animal

sciences, whose previous work has suggested a possible link, in mice,

between short-term Vitamin E supplementation and reduced inflammation

in the brain.

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