T lymphocytes (T cells) are particularly vulnerable to zinc deficiency, which causes thymic atrophy, leads to low numbers of T cells, and creates an imbalance in T helper cell subsets with a shift towards Th2.

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  Immunity In Depth | Linus Pauling Institute

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• T lymphocytes concept