Dietary Components and Immune Function

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2024
• Subjects: allery related immune responses; anti-infection immunity; autoimmne disease; Biology, life sciences; chronic inflammation; Clinical and internal medicine; dietary components; Diseases and disorders; immune system; infection; Mathematics and Science; Medicine and Nursing; Oncology; phytochemical compounds from foods; polysaccrides; polyunsaturated fatty acids; protein and amino acids; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Research and information: general; tumor immunology; vitamins and minerals

Each stage of the body's immune response relies on the presence of nutrients. The energy and nutrient needs of the immune system can be met from exogenous diets. Dietary components can influence the development and maintenance of the immune system or play a very specific role in reducing chroni...