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.

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Development of Human Immune Responses.- Nutrition, The Infant and the Immune System.- Breast Milk: Components with Immune Modulating Potential and Their Possible Role in Immune Mediated Disease Resistance.- Role of Maternal and Infant Malnutrition on the Development of the Inflammatory Response.- Nutrition and Immunity in Animal Disease: Lessons from Parasitic Gastroenteritis.- Neuroimmunomodulation, StressNutrition Interactions and Diet.- The Intricate Role of Adipokines in Immune-Mediated Diseases.- Obesity and Immune Functions.- Nutrients and Immunomodulation.- Host Immune Resistance and Dietary Lipids.- Long Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids: Immunomodulators in Disease.- Immunomodulation by Fish Oil Derived Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Cancer.- Brain Innate Immune System and Its Modulation by Diet: The Role of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids.- Immunomodulatory Potential of Conjugated Linolenic Acid.- Vitamins and Minerals: Contribution to Immune Function and Health.- Trace Elements and Immune Function.- Vitamin Supplements and Disease Resistance in HIV-Infected Women and Children.- Nutriceuticals and Immune-mediated Cancer Therapy.- Fruit, Vegetables, and Extracts: Role in Cancer Prevention.- Lactoferrin in Immune Function, Cancer and Disease Resistance.- Plant-Derived Anticancer Agents Used in Western and Oriental Medicine.- The Immunological Modulation of Fuzheng TCM Herbs in Cancer Treatment.- Dietary Components: Allergy and Asthma.- Role of Dietary Components in the Epidemic of Allergic Disease.- Feeding in the First Month of Life and Prevention of Allergy.- In Vitro and In Vivo Immunomodulatory and Anti-allergic Effects of Agaricus blazei Murill.- Botanical Extracts and Bioactive Foods.- Resveratrol and Bioactive Flavonoids in Immune Function.- AntiviralActivity of Phytochemicals: A Current Perspective.- Cocoa and the Immune System and Proliferative Disorders.- Maturation and Activation of Dendritic Cells by Botanicals Used in Traditional Chinese Medicine: Role in Immune Enhancement.- Microalgae and Immune Potential.- Mushrooms: Immunomodulating Activity and Role in Health Promotion.- Immunological Functions of Polysaccharides from Soy Sauce.- Cinnamon and Immune Actions: Potential Role in Tristetraprolin-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases.- Immunotoxicology and Foods.- Prebiotics and Probiotics.- Probiotics and Inflammatory Immune Responses.- Prebiotics in Immuno-Modulation for Treatment of Acute Pancreatitis.- Probiotics and Immunomodulation.- Immunomodulation by Foods and Microbes in Crohn Disease and Ulcerative Colitis.