Immunomodulatory effect of Nutrients on intestinal disorders and immunity

There are so many different types of food with divergent nutrient formulations, and these can exhibit different effects on our health. For example, it is believed that eating certain types of food, such as honey, garlic, or nuts, can enhance our immunity. The mechanism mainly relies on the ingestion of nutrients such as carbohydrates, fat, and protein, which are classified as macro-nutrients, to participate in important biological processes like cell metabolism, tissue repair, and immunity maintenance. Whereas, micronutrients like vitamins and microelements also play vital roles in guaranteeing internal homeostasis. The other dietary fractions, like plant-derived compounds, including flavonoid compounds and polyphenols, as well as prebiotics and probiotics, also play important roles in modulating our health as well as interfering with our immunity. It is considered that food nutrients are critical modulators of health and disease. Furthermore, the appropriate ingestion of these compounds is critical to maintaining homeostasis, while excess rather breaks the balance and can affect health negatively. It’s easy to understand that food nutrients will play different roles under different conditions of health or disease. Thus, if certain nutrients possess immunomodulatory functions, they could either benefit certain diseases or cause disease progression, whereas they could possibly be used to modulate the immune response to alter disease progression or cure the disease. Thus, it is important to explore the effect of nutrients on our internal immune balance.

The goal of this Research Topic is to provide a forum to advance research on the immunomodulatory effect of varied food nutrients on homeostasis or the progression of certain diseases, like inflammation-related diseases, as well as to provide research data for the study of daily avoidance or intervention on health or diseases through modulating innate or adaptive immunity.

- Effects of food nutrients on innate or adaptive immunity
- The mechanism of enhanced or inhibited innate or adaptive immunity by food ingredients
- Interaction of nutrients with the immune system through microbiota
- Immunomodulatory effect-mediated intervention on inflammatory bowel disease
- Dietary modulation of food nutrients for aging, obesity, and diabetes
- Metabolism of food nutrients by intestinal microbiota
- Intervention via food nutrients on infectious diseases, like infection by bacteria, viruses, and parasites
- Development and validation of medical/medicinal food for promoting precise medication
- Effects of food nutrients on food allergies and the intervention on allergic diseases
- Nutrient encapsulation and delivery for intestinal immunity.