Nutrition and the immune system have a close relationship. Deviations from ideal body weight and alterations in essential micronutrients can highly influence immune status. In the context of cancer, nutritional status can also influence the progression of diseases related to the immune system. Whilst chronic inflammation is a known risk factor for carcinogenesis, immune responses are needed to suppress cancer initiation and progress. Studies are therefore needed that explore in more depth how diet and nutrition products can help to balance immune responses to prevent or treat cancer. This includes technological diet and nutrition product innovations; purified substances or mixtures standardized to a reference constituent and/or with the chemical composition characterized qualitatively and quantitatively.
This Research Topic aims to promote and publish high quality articles on dietary supplements or biological compounds that can help to correct nutritional status and affect immune function in cancer. We welcome articles investigating of the effect of diet on cancer prognosis, and studies identifying the influence on cancer outcomes of parameters such as; diet supplements, circulating immune cells and molecules, or other factors that may directly affect the cancer microenvironment. Relevant articles are also those reporting on how nutritional factors may affect the gut microbiota, as this in turn has different effects on immune function and cancer. Accepted manuscript types are: Original Research; Perspective; Clinical Trial; Brief Research Report; Opinion; Technology and Code.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
• Pre-clinical and/or clinical experimental intervention studies;
• Nutritional approaches to correcting cancer immune alterations;
• Studies highlighting the influence of nutritional approaches on anti-cancer immune responses;
• Identification and mechanisms of nutritional interactions with target biomolecules;
• Effects of dietary manipulation on microbiota composition and immune system function in the context of cancer;
• Technological innovations in the field of nutrition that improve bioavailability and contribute to achieving the biological activities defined in the previous items.
Nutrition and the immune system have a close relationship. Deviations from ideal body weight and alterations in essential micronutrients can highly influence immune status. In the context of cancer, nutritional status can also influence the progression of diseases related to the immune system. Whilst chronic inflammation is a known risk factor for carcinogenesis, immune responses are needed to suppress cancer initiation and progress. Studies are therefore needed that explore in more depth how diet and nutrition products can help to balance immune responses to prevent or treat cancer. This includes technological diet and nutrition product innovations; purified substances or mixtures standardized to a reference constituent and/or with the chemical composition characterized qualitatively and quantitatively.
This Research Topic aims to promote and publish high quality articles on dietary supplements or biological compounds that can help to correct nutritional status and affect immune function in cancer. We welcome articles investigating of the effect of diet on cancer prognosis, and studies identifying the influence on cancer outcomes of parameters such as; diet supplements, circulating immune cells and molecules, or other factors that may directly affect the cancer microenvironment. Relevant articles are also those reporting on how nutritional factors may affect the gut microbiota, as this in turn has different effects on immune function and cancer. Accepted manuscript types are: Original Research; Perspective; Clinical Trial; Brief Research Report; Opinion; Technology and Code.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
• Pre-clinical and/or clinical experimental intervention studies;
• Nutritional approaches to correcting cancer immune alterations;
• Studies highlighting the influence of nutritional approaches on anti-cancer immune responses;
• Identification and mechanisms of nutritional interactions with target biomolecules;
• Effects of dietary manipulation on microbiota composition and immune system function in the context of cancer;
• Technological innovations in the field of nutrition that improve bioavailability and contribute to achieving the biological activities defined in the previous items.
