Dietary Components and Immune Function

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.

SECTION A. Development of Human Immune Responses 1 Nutrition, the infant and the immune system Ger T. Rijkers 2 Breast milk: components with immune modulating potential and their possible role in immune mediated disease resistance *Belinda van’t Land, Günther Boehn, Johan Garssen 3 Role of maternal and infant malnutrition on the development of inflammatory response *Maristella A Landgraf, Richardt G Landgraf, Zuleica B Fortes 4 Nutrition and immunity in animal disease: lessons from parasitic gastroenteritis *Spiridoula Athanasiadou, Jos GM Houdijk 5 Neuroimmunomodulations, Stress-Nutrition Interactions and Diet *Javier Romeo Marín, Julia Wärnberg, E. Nova, Sonia Gómez-Martínez S, Ligia Esperanza Díaz, A. Veses, Ascensión Marcos 6 The intricate role of adipokines in immune-mediated diseases Pedro Manoel Mendes de Moares Vieira, Richardt Gama Landgraf, *Niels Olsen Saraiva Camara 7 Obesity and Immune Function *Salomon Amar, Qingde Zhou SECTION B: Nutrients and Immunomodulation 8 Host immune resistance and dietary lipids *Dr. Manuel A. de Pablo Martínez, Maria A Puertollano, Elena Puertollano 9 Long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids: immunomodulators in disease Jean-Luc Desseyn PhD,*Pr Frédéric Gottrand MD, 10 Immunomodulation by fish oil derived polyunsaturated fatty acids in Cancer *Axel R. Heller MD, Martina Wendel 11 Brain innate immune system and its modulation by diet : role of polyunsaturated fatty acids Sophie Layé 12 Immunomodulatory Potential of Conjugated Linolenic Acid Saji Menon, Shalini Jain, Ravinder Nagpal, Manoj Kumar, Dheeraj Mohania, Dhananjay Yadav, Fracesco Marotta, Mukesh Yadav ,* Dr. Hariom Yadav 13 Vitamins and Minerals - Contribution to Immune Function and Health Dr. Silvia Maggini 14 Trace Elements and Immune function *James P. McClung, Daniel G. Peterson 15 Vitamin supplements and disease resistance in HIV-infected women and children. *Joanne E.Arsenault, Eduardo Villamor SECTION C. Nutriceuticals and Immune-mediated Cancer Therapy 16 Fruit and Vegetables and Extracts: Role in Cancer Prevention Susan S. Percival 17 Lactoferrin in Immune Function, Cancer and Disease Resistance Carol Morris,: *Ann Mulder 18 Plant-derived Anticancer Agents Used in Western and Oriental Medicine Ah-Reum Han, Ye Deng, Yulin Ren, Li Pan, *A.Douglas Kinghorn, 19 The immunological modulation of Fuzheng TCM Herbs in cancer treatment *Lin Hongsheng, Dr. Jie Li, Zhang Ying SECTION D. Dietary components: allergy and asthma 20 Role of dietary components in the epidemic of allergic disease Susan Prescott, Sarah Jennings, David Martino, Nina D’Vaz, Henning Johannsen 21 Feeding in the first month of life and prevention of allergy Jean-Pierre Chouraqui 22 In vitro and in vivo immunomodulatory and anti-allergic effects of Agaricus blazei Murrill Dr. Masashi Mizuno SECTION E. Botanical extracts and Bioactive Foods 23 Resveratrol and Related Bioactive Flavanoids in Immune Function Nasiruddin Khan, Rafael Llorach, Mireia Urpi-Sarda, Raul Zamora-Ros, Antonio Cherubini, *Cristina Andres-Lacueva 24 Antiviral Activity of Phytochemicals: A Current Perspective Rajesh Naithani, Rajendra K.Mehta, Deepak Shukla, Susantha Chandersekera, Robert M. Moriarty 25 Cocoa on the immune system and proliferative disorders Margarida Castell , Francisco J. Pérez-Cano, Àngels Franch, Cristina Castellote 26 Matruration and activation of dendritic cells by botanicals used in traditional Chinese medicine: Role in immune enhancement. *Xin Chen 27 Microalgae and immune potential Dr. Rathinam Raja,* 28 Mushrooms: Immunomodulating activity and role in health promotion Ken-ichiro Minato 29 Immunological functions of Polysaccharides from soy sauce Makio Kobayashi 30 Cinnamon and immune actions: Potential role in tristetraprolin-mediated inflammatory diseases Heping Cao 31