Tehran University of Medical Sciences Iranian Journal of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology 1735-1502 6 2 2007 06 15 79 87 Tirang R. Neyestani Nastaran Shariat-Zadeh A’azam Gharavi Ali Kalayi Niloufar Khalaji 2015 10 01 This study examined the possible effects of lycopene at physiological dosage and body fat mass on the humoral immune response in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). A total of 35 patients with Typ2 diabetes mellitus from both sexes aged 54±9 yrs from the Iranian Diabetes Society were introduced into a double blind placebo controlled clinical trial conducted for 2 months. After a 2-week lycopene free diet washout period, patients were allocated to either lycopene supplementation group (10mg/d) (n=16) or placebo age- and sex matched group (n=19) for 8 weeks. Patients were instructed to keep their diets and physical activities as unchanged as possible. Lycopene supplements increased serum lycopene levels (p https://ijaai.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijaai/article/view/169 https://ijaai.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijaai/article/download/169/169