«Earlier studies have shown that vitamin E can help regulate the aging body's immune system, but our present research is the first study to demonstrate that dietary vitamin E regulates neutrophil
entry into the lungs in mice, and so dramatically reduces inflammation, and helps fight off infection by this
common type of bacteria,» said first author Elsa N. Bou Ghanem, Ph.D., postdoctoral scholar in the department
of molecular biology and microbiology at Tufts University School
of Medicine (TUSM).