Nutrition and Immune Function

Part I: The Immune System 1: The immune system - An overview, G Devereux, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, UK 2: Evaluation of the effects of nutrients on immune function, S Cunningham-Rundles, Cornell University Weill Medical College, USA Part 2: Individual Nutrients, Infection and Immune Function 3: Effect of post-natal protein malnutrition and intrauterine growth retardation on immunity and risk of infection, R K Chandra, Janeway Child Health Centre, St John’s, NF, Canada 4: Fatty acids, inflammation and immunity, P C Calder and C J Field 5: Arginine and immune function, M D Duff and J M Daly, Cornell University, USA 6: Glutamine and immune function, P C Calder and P Newsholme, University College of Dublin, Ireland 7: Sulphur amino acids, glutathione and immune function, R F Grimble, University of Southampton, UK 8: Vitamin A, infection and immune funtion, R D Semba, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA 9: Antioxidant vitamins and immune function, D A Hughes, Institute of Food Research, Norwich, UK 10: Zinc, infection and immune function, A S Prasad, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, USA 11: Role of iron in immunity and infection, S Kuvibidila, Louisiana State University, USA and B S Baliga, University of South Alabama, USA 12: Selenium and the immune system, R C McKenzie, University of Edinburgh, UK, J R Arthur, Rowett Research Institute, Aberdeen, UK, S M Miller, T S Rafferty and G J Beckett, University of Edinburgh, UK 13: Probiotics and immune function, H S Gill and M L Cross, Massey University, New Zealand Part 3: Nutrition and Immunity through the Life Cycle 14: Role of local immunity and breast feeding in mucosal homeostasis and defence against infection, P Brandtzaeg, University of Oslo, Norway 15: Food allergy, E Opara, Kingston University, UK 16: Exercise and immune function - effect of nutrition, E W Petersen and B K Pederson, Copenhagen Muscle Research Centre, Denmark 17: Nutrition and aging of the immune system, B Lesourd, A Raynaud-Simon and L Mazari, Hopital Nord du CHU de Clermont Ferrand, France 18: Nutrition and immunity - Public health implications, A Tomkins, Centre for International Child Health, London, UK