{"id":5765,"date":"2022-09-13T10:58:20","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T10:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthlibrary.info\/selenium-deficiency-increases-susceptibility-to-influenza-virus-infections\/"},"modified":"2022-09-13T10:58:24","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T10:58:24","slug":"selenium-deficiency-increases-susceptibility-to-influenza-virus-infections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthlibrary.info\/selenium-deficiency-increases-susceptibility-to-influenza-virus-infections\/","title":{"rendered":"Selenium deficiency increases susceptibility to influenza virus infections"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Summary<\/h3>\n<p>To determine if selenium deficiency intensifies an influenza infection, selenium-deficient mice were infected with a mild strain of the influenza virus. The results showed that selenium-deficient mice developed much more severe lung tissue inflammations than mice without selenium deficiency. The researchers concluded that an adequate intake of antioxidants, like selenium, is essential for a well-functioning defense system to protect against viral infections. More details can be found in the study.<\/p>\n<h3>References<\/h3>\n<p>Beck et al.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><a style=\"color: #5aadcb;\" href=\"https:\/\/faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1096\/fj.00-0721fje\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link to article &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary To determine if selenium deficiency intensifies an influenza infection, selenium-deficient mice were infected with a mild strain of the influenza virus. The results showed that selenium-deficient mice developed much more severe lung tissue inflammations than mice without selenium deficiency. The researchers concluded that an adequate intake of antioxidants, like selenium, is essential for a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[318],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthlibrary.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5765"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthlibrary.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthlibrary.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthlibrary.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthlibrary.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5765"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthlibrary.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6386,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthlibrary.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5765\/revisions\/6386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthlibrary.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthlibrary.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthlibrary.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}