Dietary Components and Immune Function

✍ Scribed by Ger T. Rijkers PHD, Laetitia Niers, Marianne Stasse-Wolthuis, Frans M. Rombouts (auth.), Ronald Ross Watson, Sherma Zibadi, Victor R. Preedy (eds.)

• Publisher: Humana Press
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 701
• Series: Nutrition and Health
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Dietary Components and Immune Function focuses on immune modulation, immune mediated disease resistance, immune changes due to AIDS, immune modulated cancer therapy, and autoimmune diseases as modified by dietary supplement, bioactive foods and supplements. The potential value of such approaches in maintaining wellness and preventing disease are addressed by examining their effects in vitro and in vivo on innate and adaptive immune responses. Emerging fields of science and important discoveries relating to early stages of new nutriceuticals in cancer prevention, prior to clinical trials are also covered. This volume represents a single source of material related to nutriceuticals and their constituents as they relate to cancer therapy and prevention. As such the book will be essential reading for nutritionists, pharmacologists, health care professionals, research scientists, cancer workers, pathologists, molecular or cellular biochemists, physicians, general practitioners as well as those interested in diet and nutrition in disease resistance via immune regulation.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxvii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Nutrition, The Infant and the Immune System....Pages 3-23
Breast Milk: Components with Immune Modulating Potential and Their Possible Role in Immune Mediated Disease Resistance....Pages 25-41
Role of Maternal and Infant Malnutrition on the Development of the Inflammatory Response....Pages 43-62
Nutrition and Immunity in Animal Disease: Lessons from Parasitic Gastroenteritis....Pages 63-74
Neuroimmunomodulation, Stress–Nutrition Interactions and Diet....Pages 75-87
The Intricate Role of Adipokines in Immune-Mediated Diseases....Pages 89-110
Obesity and Immune Functions....Pages 111-128
Front Matter....Pages 129-129
Host Immune Resistance and Dietary Lipids....Pages 131-153
Long Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids: Immunomodulators in Disease....Pages 155-172
Immunomodulation by Fish Oil Derived Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Cancer....Pages 173-195
Brain Innate Immune System and Its Modulation by Diet: The Role of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids....Pages 197-215
Immunomodulatory Potential of Conjugated Linolenic Acid....Pages 217-226
Vitamins and Minerals: Contribution to Immune Function and Health....Pages 227-252
Trace Elements and Immune Function....Pages 253-262
Vitamin Supplements and Disease Resistance in HIV-Infected Women and Children....Pages 263-279
Front Matter....Pages 281-281
Fruit, Vegetables, and Extracts: Role in Cancer Prevention....Pages 283-295
Lactoferrin in Immune Function, Cancer and Disease Resistance....Pages 297-316
Plant-Derived Anticancer Agents Used in Western and Oriental Medicine....Pages 317-333
The Immunological Modulation of Fuzheng TCM Herbs in Cancer Treatment....Pages 335-350
Front Matter....Pages 351-351
Role of Dietary Components in the Epidemic of Allergic Disease....Pages 353-370
Front Matter....Pages 351-351
Feeding in the First Month of Life and Prevention of Allergy....Pages 371-386
In Vitro and In Vivo Immunomodulatory and Anti-allergic Effects of Agaricus blazei Murill....Pages 387-394
Front Matter....Pages 395-395
Resveratrol and Bioactive Flavonoids in Immune Function....Pages 397-420
Antiviral Activity of Phytochemicals: A Current Perspective....Pages 421-468
Cocoa and the Immune System and Proliferative Disorders....Pages 469-496
Maturation and Activation of Dendritic Cells by Botanicals Used in Traditional Chinese Medicine: Role in Immune Enhancement....Pages 497-514
Microalgae and Immune Potential....Pages 515-527
Mushrooms: Immunomodulating Activity and Role in Health Promotion....Pages 529-539
Immunological Functions of Polysaccharides from Soy Sauce....Pages 541-552
Cinnamon and Immune Actions: Potential Role in Tristetraprolin-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases....Pages 553-565
Immunotoxicology and Foods....Pages 567-587
Front Matter....Pages 589-589
Probiotics and Inflammatory Immune Responses....Pages 591-610
Prebiotics in Immuno-Modulation for Treatment of Acute Pancreatitis....Pages 611-624
Probiotics and Immunomodulation....Pages 625-655
Immunomodulation by Foods and Microbes in Crohn Disease and Ulcerative Colitis....Pages 657-672
Back Matter....Pages 673-693

✦ Subjects

Clinical Nutrition; Nutrition; Immunology; Oncology; Primary Care Medicine; Pathology