| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - Supplying extra selenium may decrease mortality from infection, but it does not normalize thyroid hormone levels.130 It seems that the suppression of T3 during sickness is mediated by cytokines, in particular interleukin-6 (IL-6).131 It may be that IL-6 and other cytokines, generated by the infection, limit production of the selenium-enzymes and interfere with hormone production.
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