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Nutrition and immunology : principles and practice / edited by M. Eric Gershwin, J. Bruce German, Carl L. Keen.

Title
Nutrition and immunology : principles and practice / edited by M. Eric Gershwin, J. Bruce German, Carl L. Keen.
Publication
Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, [2000], ©2000.

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Additional Authors
  • German, J. Bruce.
  • Gershwin, M. Eric, 1946-
  • Keen, Carl L.
Description
xiv, 505 pages : illustrations; 29 cm
Subject
  • Immunité > Aspect nutritionnel
  • Immunity > Nutritional aspects
  • Immunity
  • Nutrition
  • Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
  • Nutritional Requirements
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • 1. Application and Interpretation of Commonly Used Nutritional Assessment Techniques / Kenneth H. Brown -- 2. Evaluating Malnutrition: What Should the Physician Look For? / Charles H. Halsted -- 3. Evaluation of the Immune System in the Nutritionally At-Risk Host / Jonathan Powell, Andrea T. Borchers and Steven Yoshida / [et al.] -- 4. Caloric Intake: Sources, Deficiencies, and Excess - An Overview / Dean A. Troyer and Gabriel Fernandes -- 5. Protein and Amino Acids / Vernon R. Young -- 6. Specific Nutrient Requirements: Trace Elements / Janet C. King -- 7. Vitamins: Overview and Metabolic Functions / Robert Rucker -- 8. [alpha]-Lipoic Acid: The Metabolic Antioxidant / John K. Lodge and Lester Packer -- 9. Defining the Role of Dietary Phytochemicals in Modulating Human Immune Function / Harold Schmitz and Kati Chevaux --
  • 10. Dietary n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Modulate T-Lymphocyte Activation: Clinical Relevance in Treating Diseases of Chronic Inflammation / Robert S. Chapkin, David N. McMurray and Christopher A. Jolly -- 11. Nucleotides / George K. Grimble and Olwyn M. R. Westwood -- 12. Impact of Nutritional Status on Immune Integrity / Pam Fraker -- 13. Nutritional Modulation of Inflammation by Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids/Eicosanoids / Vincent A. Ziboh -- 14. Immunological Considerations of Breast Milk / Bo Lonnerdal -- 15. Clinical Issues: Childhood Illnesses, Vaccinations, and Nutritional Status / Noel W. Solomons and Gerald T. Keusch -- 16. Protein-Energy Malnutrition and Infectious Disease: Synergistic Interactions / Christopher A. Jolly and Gabriel Fernandes -- 17. Lipids, Inflammatory Cytokines, and Endothelial Cell Injury / Bernhard Hennig, Michal Toborek and Gilbert A. Boissonneault -- 18. Nutrition and Allergy / Christopher Chang and M. Eric Gershwin --
  • 19. Adverse Reactions to Foods / Francesco Giuseppe Foschi, Lorenzo Marsigli and Francesco Chiappelli / [et al.] -- 20. Perioperative Feeding: Nutrition and Immunity / Ronald R. Barbosa and Bruce M. Wolfe -- 21. Alcohol and Immune Function / Francesco Chiappelli, Michelle A. Kung and Giuseppe Francesco Stefanini / [et al.] -- 22. Cigarette Smoking, Substance Abuse, Nutritional Status, and Immune Function / Mari S. Golub -- 23. Nutrition, Immunity, and Alternative Medicine / Katherine Gundling, Andrea Borchers and M. Eric Gershwin -- 24. Obesity and Immunity / Paul A. Davis and Judith S. Stern -- 25. Diabetes and Immunity / Manuel E. Baldeon and H. Rex Gaskins -- 26. Nutritional Modulation of Autoimmune Diseases / Claudio Galperin, Gabriel Fernandes and Ricardo M. Oliveira / [et al.] -- 27. Autoimmune Diseases of the Digestive Tract / Thomas P. Prindiville and Mary C. Cantrell -- 28. Diet and Allograft Rejection / Richard V. Perez and Steven Katznelson --
  • 29. Food Toxicology and Immunity / Linda Rasooly and Noel R. Rose -- 30. Interactions Between Nutrition and Immunity: Lessons from Animal Agriculture / Kirk C. Klasing and Tatiana V. Leshchinsky -- 31. Cancer and Nutrition / Carolyn K. Clifford -- 32. AIDS / William R. Beisel -- 33. Aging: Nutrition and Immunity / Simin Nikbin Meydani and Michelle Schelske Santos -- 34. Role of Nutrition in Common Oral Diseases / Cecilia Gorrel and Tiffany L. Bierer -- 35. The Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Chinese Herbs, Plants, and Spices / Christopher Chang and M. Eric Gershwin -- 36. The Influence of Probiotic Organisms on the Immune Response / Stephanie Blum, Yves Delneste and Anne Donnet / [et al.] -- 37. Nutritional Effects on the Pathogen Genome and Phenotypic Expression of Disease / Melinda A. Beck -- 38. Whither Nutrition and Immunology Interactions Toward the Next Millennium? What is Past is Prologue / Noel W. Solomons.
ISBN
0896037193 (alk. paper)
LCCN
99010901
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries