Single-Nutrient Effects on Immunologic Functions. Report of a Workshop Sponsored by the Department of Food and Nutrition and Its Nutrition Advisory Group of the American Medical Association

Abstract

Immune system dysfunction can result from single-nutrient deficiencies or excesses, alone or in combination with generalized protein-energy malnutrition. Acquired immune dysfunctions in man occur with deficiencies of iron, zinc, vitamins A and B12, pyridoxine, and folic acid and with excesses of essential fatty acids and vitamin E. Additional micronutrients are important for maintaining immunologic competence in animals. Deficits or excesses of many trace elements and single nutrients thus have potential for causing immune dysfunctions in man. Since nutritionally induced immune dysfunction is generally reversible, it is important to recognize and identify clinical illnesses in which immunologic dysfunctions are of nutritional origin. Correction of malnutrition should lead to prompt reversal of acquired immune dysfunctions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 02, 1981
Accession Number
ADA100093

Entities

People

  • Kathleen Nauss
  • Robert Edelman
  • Robert M. Suskind
  • William R. Beisel

Organizations

  • United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amino Acids
  • Biological Pigments
  • Blood
  • Cells
  • Essential Amino Acids
  • Fatty Acids
  • Immune System
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Lymphatic System
  • Lymphocytes
  • Nutrition
  • Nutrition Disorders
  • Resistance
  • Rodents
  • Tissues
  • Vitamin C
  • Vitamin E

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

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