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Interaction of early diet and the development of the immune system

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2013

Angel Gil  and
Ricardo Rueda
Angel Gil*
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Granada, Campus de Cartuja Granada 18071, Spain
Ricardo Rueda
Affiliation:
Research and Development Department Ross Products Division, Abbott Laboratories Camino de Purchil 68 Granada, Spain
*
*Corresponding author: Professor Angel Gil, fax +34 958 248960, email agil@ugr.es
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The present review focuses on the specific effects of nutrients on the development of the immune system in early life. There is a big gap regarding the specific mechanisms that regulate immunity at the intestinal level and their impact in the systemic immune function. For this reason, during the last few years there has been great interest in ascertaining the mechanisms that regulate the intestinal immune function, as well as to understand how specific nutrients interact with the gut-associated lymphoid tissue. We have reviewed this topic with special emphasis on how human milk, and its components, influence the early development of intestinal immunity in breast-fed infants compared with formula-fed infants. Interactions between nutrients and intestinal microbiota have also been reviewed. Some micronutrients such as nucleotides and gangliosides, which are present in human milk and also in most foods, are able to influence immune functionality at very low concentrations. The specific action of these micronutrients on some parameters of immunity, as well as their potential mechanisms of action, have been considered in detail. However, there are limited data on how other specific nutrients, namely protein and non-protein N-containing compounds, lipids, carbohydrates, and others, such as minerals, vitamins, fibre, non-nutritional dietary compounds (flavonoids, carotenoids, phyto-oestrogens, etc), influence immunity. In the present review we have provided data regarding the potential effects of these compounds on the immune response in early life. The increasing use of functional foods by the public to improve their general health and prevent the incidence of chronic diseases has become a major area of interest within the nutrition community. Of the many functional foods available, probiotics have been most studied in infancy and childhood, particularly with regard to the prevention of allergic diseases. Infant formulae and fermented milks containing large quantities of probiotics are produced and consumed by Europeans and in other industrialized countries. In the present review we cover the clinical effects of probiotics in preventing disease during early life, as well as the potential mechanisms of interaction between probiotics and the gastrointestinal tract.

Keywords

ImmunityBreast-feedingInfant formulaeFunctional foodsGastrointestinal tract
Type
Research Article
Information
Nutrition Research Reviews , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , December 2002 , pp. 263 - 292
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Copyright © CABI Publishing 2002

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