The role of nutrition in allergy management: Dietary compounds as immunomodulators

The increasing prevalence of allergic diseases globally, particularly food allergies, presents a significant public health concern. As incidence rates escalate, understanding how nutrition affects immune function has never been more crucial.
This field explores the connection between malnutrition and allergic conditions, underscoring the essential role that proper nutrition plays in immune regulation. Within the vast array of plant and animal foods are bioactive compounds—macronutrients, micronutrients, and microbiota-modulating substances—that impact biological processes and overall health substantially. Consuming these compounds is associated not only with reduced chronic disease risk, such as cardiovascular disorders, but also with improved immune function.

This Research Topic aims to investigate the critical role dietary bioactive compounds play in the realm of allergic diseases. By examining the complex nutritional and immunological interactions at play, we seek to understand how these dietary components affect the development, progression, and potential mitigation of allergic responses. Given that malnutrition is often linked with allergic conditions, we aim to unpack the intricate pathways through which these compounds influence immune regulation, thus contributing to overall immune health.

To gather further insights in bridging nutrition and immunology in allergic diseases, we welcome articles addressing, but not limited to, the following themes:

• Mechanistic immunoregulation of allergic responses with dietary bioactive compounds: Exploring how specific compounds modulate immune cells and pathways in allergy.
• Modulation of gut microbiota by bioactive compounds in allergic diseases: Investigating dietary components' role in shaping the gut microbiome's impact on allergic sensitization.
• Dietary adjuvants/therapies for allergic diseases: Examining dietary interventions as therapeutic strategies for allergy management.
• Tissue-specific responses to dietary bioactive compounds: Analyzing impacts on allergic diseases in various tissues.
• Impact of bioactive compound-rich diets in allergic response: Assessing long-term effects of these dietary patterns on allergy development and severity.

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Article types

This Research Topic accepts the following article types, unless otherwise specified in the Research Topic description:

• Brief Research Report
• Case Report
• Classification
• Clinical Trial
• Community Case Study
• Data Report
• Editorial
• FAIR² Data
• FAIR² DATA Direct Submission
• General Commentary
• Hypothesis and Theory
• Methods
• Mini Review
• Opinion
• Original Research
• Perspective
• Policy and Practice Reviews
• Policy Brief
• Review
• Study Protocol
• Systematic Review
• Technology and Code

Keywords: Diet, molecules, metabolites, modulation, immunity

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