How zinc boosts the immune system

In mice, mineral improves regeneration of key immune organ and immune-cell recovery after bone marrow transplant

Read press release: https://www.fredhutch.org/en/news/center-news/2022/03/dudakov-zinc-thymus-regeneration.html

Paper: https://ashpublications.org/blood/article/139/25/3655/484500/Activation-of-the-zinc-sensing-receptor-GPR39

Lorenzo Iovino, Kirsten Cooper, Paul deRoos, Sinéad Kinsella, Cindy Evandy, Tamas Ugrai, Francesco Mazziotta, Kathleen S. Ensbey, David Granadier, Kayla Hopwo, Colton Smith, Alex Gagnon, Sara Galimberti, Mario Petrini, Geoffrey R. Hill, Jarrod A. Dudakov; Activation of the zinc-sensing receptor GPR39 promotes T-cell reconstitution after hematopoietic cell transplant in mice. Blood 2022; 139 (25): 3655–3666. doi: https://doi.org/10.1182/blood.2021013950