Immunity and Inflammation in Health and Disease: Emerging Roles of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods in Immune Support

Immunity and Inflammation in Health and Disease: Emerging Roles of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods in Immune Support provides a comprehensive description of the various pathways by which our immune system works, the signals that trigger immune response and how foods can be used to contain inflammation and boost immunity. This book addresses the role of dietary nutrients in playing a balancing role between host defense and immune support, focusing on new and novel nutraceuticals and functional foods. The first three sections address the various aspects of activation of the immune system. The fourth section deals with the ramifications of a robust and excessive inflammatory response. The final section is focused on the association between nutrition and immunity and how deficiencies in certain nutrients may affect immunocompetence. The conclusion section collates the earlier chapters and discusses paradigm shifts in the field whereby new futuristic directions are also envisioned. Conceptualizes the key features in natural products which can boost immune function and immune healthExplains the intricate mechanistic aspects and balance behind immune healthPresents the pathophysiology of several diseases associated with immune system disruption INDICE: Section I: 1. Immune System and Immunity: An Overview Section II: Innate and Adaptive Immune Systems: Components and Regulation 2. Innate Immunity: Barriers and Receptor based Recognition  3. Adaptive Immunity: Components and Responses Section III: Immune Systems: Mechanistic pathways of Stimulation and Suppression 4. Onset of Inflammatory Pathways 5. Interaction between Innate and Adaptive Immunity Section IV: Reactive Oxygen and Nitrogen Species and Immune Cell Activation 6. Oxidative and Nitrosative Stress and the Inflammatory response 7. Reactive Oxygen Species, Oxidative Damage and Cell Death (apoptosis, necrosis) 8. Mitochondrial ROS and T cell activation 9. Redox Regulation of Transcription factors controlling immune responses Section V: Inflammation Biology and Components of the Inflammatory Cascade 10. Systems Level Analysis of the Mediators of Inflammation 11. Redox Signaling and Onset of the Inflammatory cascade 12. Acute and Chronic Inflammation Section VI: Immunity and Inflammation: Common threads of multifactorial diseases 13. Oxidants, Inflammation and Metabolic Homeostasis 14. Innate Immune Receptors and Metabolic Disease 15. Inflammation and Immunity in Neurodegenerative Diseases 16. Rheumatoid Diseases: The Inflammation-Immunity Link 17. Immune response and onset of carcinogenesis Section VII: Nutraceuticals in boosting Immune Support and as therapeutics for inflammatory diseases  18. Effects of dietary supplements on enhanced immune response and disease resistance 19. Dietary Strategies to enhance Gut Immunity 20. Dietary supplements in combating Metabolic Disorders  21. Anti-Inflammatory Phytochemicals and Phytonutrients 22. Micronutrients in Skin and Allied Diseases 23. Dietary supplements in Arthritis Management 24. Nutritional therapy for HIV and AIS treatments 25. Anti-Inflammatory and Immune Boosting Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods Section VIII: New Perspectives and Future Directions 26. Healthy living in enhanced immune function  27. Restructuring the balance between Immunity and Infection 28. Is immortality within reach: Controlling immune responses?

• ISBN: 978-0-12-805417-8
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 464
• Fecha Publicación: 01/08/2017
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés