ADCC human diet

OBJECTIVE: Although randomized clinical trials have shown that immunonutrition results in the improvement of postoperative complications, the detailed mechanisms of its immunomodulation are still unclear. In the present study, we investigated if such immunonutrition could affect T-cell and natural killer (NK) cell functions, with particular focus on type 17 helper T (Th17) cells and NK cell-activating markers, in patients with esophageal and gastric cancer and in healthy volunteers. METHODS: Patients (n = 22) and healthy volunteers (n = 10) were orally administered an immunonutritional diet (Impact, 750 mL/d) in addition to a conventional diet for 5 d...

Recurrent Aphthous Stomatitis (RAS) is one of the most common oral lesions which occur either in single or multiple forms in oral mucosa. The mouth is subjected to a wide spectrum of antigenic agents, including foodstuff, and allergic reactions to such antigens may manifest in a number of diverse ways. Food allergy, however, has not been widely investigated as the cause of RAS. The main complaint of RAS typically is pain, and the main therapy is still corticosteroids, besides avoiding allergenic foodstuff. In RAS, there is often a genetic basis...

There is evidence to suggest that elevated levels of iodide in the diet are associated with autoimmune thyroid disease (ATD) in susceptible individuals, and that autoimmune thyroiditis (Hashimoto's disease) is less common in susceptible individuals who live in regions with dietary iodine deficiency. There are epidemiologic studies in endemic goiter areas that report an increase in ATD, particularly thyroiditis, after the therapeutic administration of iodized salt, bread and oil. Lymphocytic infiltration of the thyroid is rarely found in patients from severe endemic goiter regions, yet there is a reversal of this observation after dietary iodine supplementation...