Nutrition, Immunity, and Infection (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Calder, Philip C.; Kulkarni, Anil D.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book focuses on the influence of diet on the immune system and how altering one's diet helps prevent and treat infections and chronic diseases. It reviews basic immunology and discusses changes in immune function throughout the lifecycle.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 554
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351645195
• Artikelnr.: 49995547

Autorenporträt

Philip C. Calder, Anil D. Kulkarni

Inhaltsangabe

Innate immunity - an overview. Cell-mediated immunity - an overview. The
gut-associated lymphoid system. The role of the immune system in
nutrition-related lifestyle diseases. Obesity, immunity, and infection.
Role of immune cells in adipose tissue. Influence of infection and
inflammation on nutrient status. Undernutrition, infection, and poor growth
in infants and children. The thymus as a window on malnutrition. Immunity
in anorexia. Breast milk and infant immune maturation. Interactions between
probiotic bacteria and gut-associated lymphoid tissue. Prebiotics,
probiotics, and response to vaccination. Prebiotics, immunity, and
infection in infants and children. Mechanisms of immune regulation by
vitamin A. Vitamin A, immunity, and infection in children. Vitamin C and
infectious disease. Vitamin D and antimicrobial immunity. Vitamin D and
control of autoimmunity. Vitamin E and T cell function. Iron, immunity, and
infection. Selenium and the immune response. Zinc regulation of the immune
response. Short chain fatty acids, G-protein coupled receptors and immune
cells. Omega-3 fatty acids and T cell responses. Novel immunoregulatory
mediators produced from omega-3 fatty acids. Arginine and cell-mediated
immunity. Nitric oxide and the immune system. Glutamine and the immune
system. Glutathione, immunity, and infection. Nucleotides and the immune
system. Gangliosides and immune maturation. Plant phenolics and immunity.
Immunomodulatory effects of beta-glucans from fungi. AHCC and immune
responses. Immunoenhancing formulas for hospitalized patients. Nutrition
and the aging immune system. Nutrition interaction with environmental
stress and immunity. AHCC and autoimmune Sjogren's disease. Nutrition and
immunity in the global health arena.