Munteanu Camelia, Schwartz Betty
Department of Plant Culture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The School of Nutritional Sciences, The Institute of Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrition, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel.
Front Nutr. 2022 Dec 8;9:1082500. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2022.1082500. eCollection 2022.
Nutrition plays an essential role in the regulation of optimal immunological response, by providing adequate nutrients in sufficient concentrations to immune cells. There are a large number of micronutrients, such as minerals, and vitamins, as well as some macronutrients such as some amino acids, cholesterol and fatty acids demonstrated to exert a very important and specific impact on appropriate immune activity. This review aims to summarize at some extent the large amount of data accrued to date related to the modulation of immune function by certain micro and macronutrients and to emphasize their importance in maintaining human health. Thus, among many, some relevant case in point examples are brought and discussed: (1) The role of vitamin A/all-trans-retinoic-acids (ATRA) in acute promyelocytic leukemia, being this vitamin utilized as a very efficient therapeutic agent via effective modulation of the immune function (2) The involvement of vitamin C in the fight against tumor cells via the increase of the number of active NK cells. (3) The stimulation of apoptosis, the suppression of cancer cell proliferation, and delayed tumor development mediated by calcitriol/vitamin D by means of immunity regulation (4) The use of selenium as a cofactor to reach more effective immune response to COVID vaccination (5). The crucial role of cholesterol to regulate the immune function, which is demonstrated to be very sensitive to the variations of this macronutrient concentration. Other important examples are reviewed as well.
营养在调节最佳免疫反应中起着至关重要的作用,它为免疫细胞提供浓度足够的充足营养物质。大量的微量营养素,如矿物质和维生素,以及一些宏量营养素,如某些氨基酸、胆固醇和脂肪酸,已被证明对适当的免疫活动具有非常重要且特定的影响。本综述旨在在一定程度上总结迄今为止积累的大量与某些微量和宏量营养素对免疫功能调节相关的数据,并强调它们在维持人类健康方面的重要性。因此,列举并讨论了许多相关的典型例子:(1)维生素A/全反式维甲酸(ATRA)在急性早幼粒细胞白血病中的作用,该维生素通过有效调节免疫功能被用作一种非常有效的治疗药物;(2)维生素C通过增加活性自然杀伤细胞(NK细胞)的数量参与对抗肿瘤细胞;(3)骨化三醇/维生素D通过免疫调节介导细胞凋亡、抑制癌细胞增殖和延缓肿瘤发展;(4)使用硒作为辅助因子以对新冠疫苗接种产生更有效的免疫反应;(5)胆固醇对调节免疫功能的关键作用,已证明免疫功能对这种宏量营养素浓度的变化非常敏感。还综述了其他重要例子。