Nutrition and Immunity

Maryam Mahmoudi, PhDTehran University of Medical SciencesNutritional Sciences and DieteticsTehran, Iran Nima Rezaei, MDTehran University of Medical SciencesDepartment of Immunology and BiologyTehran, Iran

“This is an excellent resource for specialized practitioners with a fundamental knowledge of key concepts … . the book offers readers a large body of evidence‐based literature and research to use in clinical practice.” (Hannah Lapkin, Doody's Book Reviews, November 08, 2019)

• Introduction.- Vitamin D and the Immune System.- Vitamin A and the Immune System.- Vitamin K and the Immune System.- Vitamin C and the Immune System.- Vitamin B12, Folic Acid, and the Immune System.- Zinc and the Immune System.- Selenium and the Immune System.- Selenium and Immunity.- Gut Microbiome and Immunity.- Maternal Nutrition, Child Development, and Immunity.- Nutrition, Immunity, and Cancer.- Nutrition and Cancer.- Aging, Immunity, and Neuroinflammation: The Modulatory Potential of Nutrition.- Vitamins and Allergic Asthma.- Nutrition, Immunity, and Food Intolerances.- Potency of T-Cell Epitope-Based Peptide Vaccines in Food Allergy Treatment.- Obesity and Immunity.- Nutrition, Immunity, and Neurological Diseases.- Nutrition for Chronic Critical Illness and Persistent Inflammatory, Immunosuppressed, Catabolic Syndrome.- Nutrition, Immunity, and Autoimmune Diseases.- Immunomodulatory Effects of Flavonoids: Possible Induction of TCD4+ Regulatory Cells through mTor Signaling Pathway Suppression.- Glucan and its Role in Immunonutrition.- Nutrigenomic Immunity.- Nutriepigenomic Immunity.