Facts about Vitamin C by Linda B. Bobroff, Isabel Valentín-Oquendo

“…It is needed to maintain healthy body tissues and the immune system. Vitamin C also helps our bodies absorb iron from plant foods. …”
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Facts about Vitamin D by Linda B. Bobroff, Isabel Valentin-Oquendo

“…Vitamin D also helps keep the immune system functioning normally, so our bodies can resist some types of disease. …”
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Recognition of Staphylococcus aureus by the pattern recognition molecules langerin, mannan-binding lectin, and surfactant protein D: the influence of capsular polysaccharides and w... by Kirstine Mejlstrup Hymøller, Kirstine Mejlstrup Hymøller, Stig Hill Christiansen, Stig Hill Christiansen, Anders Grønnegaard Schlosser, Uffe B. Skov Sørensen, Jean C. Lee, Steffen Thiel, Steffen Thiel

“…The innate immune system plays a critical role in the rapid recognition and elimination of pathogens through pattern recognition receptors (PRRs). …”
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Adding Value to Milk by Increasing Its Conjugated Linoleic Acid Content by Lokenga Badinga, Richard D. Miles

“…In laboratory animals, this naturally occurring fatty acid has been shown to inhibit cancer, promote the immune system, reduce the effect of type 2 diabetes, promote bone growth, and reduce blood clotting. …”
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Facts About Iron by Linda B. Bobroff, Jennifer Hillan

“…Iron also is needed to keep the immune system healthy and help brain cells work normally. …”
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Metateoretiese perspektiewe op liggaamlike probleme as moontlike uitvloeisel van onverwerkte trauma by W. Coetzer, H. Kotzé

“…In this regard, special emphasis is placed on the intimate relationship between body and emotions, as well as the role of the immune system. The role of unresolved trauma with regard to some specific diseases is also discussed. …”
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An emerging role for neutrophils in the pathogenesis of endometriosis by Taylor R. Wilson, Susan Kasper, Katherine A. Burns

“…Abstract Endometriosis is a chronic gynecological disease negatively impacting the health of women and is characterized by the presence of ectopic endometrial-like lesions. The immune system is implicated in endometriosis pathogenesis by promoting endometrial cell survival and creating a microenvironment for lesion development and growth. …”
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Sistem Pakar : Deteksi Dini Stres pada Masa Pandemi Covid-19 Menggunakan Metode Forward Chaining by Angga Wijaya Narwa Putra, Nadea Cipta Laksmita

“…While psychologists say that stress or depression can reduce the immune system. Though this immune system is the last defense to prevent the Covid-19 virus from infecting a person's body. …”
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Facts about Antioxidants by Kaitlin G. Clark, Wendy J. Dahl

“…Antioxidants also can help our immune system defend against bacteria, fungi, viruses, and some cancers. …”
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Dealing with Food Allergies by Keith R. Schneider, Renée Goodrich Schneider, Soohyoun Ahn, Susie Richardson

“… A food allergy is an immune system reaction that happens after a person consumes what is normally considered a safe food. …”
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Trajectories of systemic immune inflammation index and mortality risk in patients with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury: a retrospective cohort study by Zhiyong Tang, Zhiyong Tang, Canlin Liao, Zerui Zhuang, Zhennan Xu, Mingfa Liu, Haixiong Xu

“…BackgroundSome studies have shown a strong link between the central nervous system and peripheral immune system, but the prognostic implications of dynamic peripheral immune-inflammatory responses in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) remain unclear. …”
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Discussion of irritable bowel syndrome issue and functional constipations in reports of the 21st United European Gastroenterological Week (Berlin, 2013) by A. A. Sheptulin, M. A. Vizye-Khripunova

“…Of etiological and pathogenic factors of IBS the major attention is given now to hereditary factors, past intestinal infections, bile acids absorbtion disorders, changes of innate immune system. Differential diagnostics of IBS with other diseases (celiac sprue, chronic inflammatory bowel diseases, et al.), that may progress under a mask of the functional intestinal disorders is required. …”
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Contaminants in the Urban Environment: Dioxins by Yun-Ya Yang, Gurpal S. Toor

“…Long-term exposure to dioxins can harm immune system, nervous system, endocrine system, and reproductive functions. …”
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Identification and Analysis of Key Immune- and Inflammation-Related Genes in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis by Tan Y, Qian B, Ma Q, Xiang K, Wang S

“…The content of this study is highly aligned with the journal’s advocacy of pushing the boundaries of knowledge in the immune system and is expected to bring new insights to journal readers and positively influence the future direction of research in the field.Keywords: bioinformatics, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, immunity, inflammation, machine learning…”
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Extracellular vimentin is a damage-associated molecular pattern protein serving as an agonist of TLR4 in human neutrophils by Łukasz Suprewicz, Krzysztof Fiedoruk, Karol Skłodowski, Evan Hutt, Magdalena Zakrzewska, Alicja Walewska, Piotr Deptuła, Agata Lesiak, Sławomir Okła, Peter A. Galie, Alison E. Patteson, Paul A. Janmey, Robert Bucki

“…This, in turn, opens new windows of therapeutic intervention in inflammatory and immunological diseases characterized by immune system dysfunction, in which eVim and CitVim play a key role.…”
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Chronic wounds and adaptive Pseudomonas aeruginosa: A phenotypic and genotypic characterization by Kasandra Buchholtz, Rie Jønsson, Rasmus L. Marvig, Biljana Mojsoska, Karen Angeliki Krogfelt

“…Phenotypic and genetic diversity is found in varying prevalence in clinical populations where beneficial adaptations enable the bacteria to avoid recognition and eradication by the host immune system. This study aimed to investigate the presence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in chronic venous leg ulcers wounds over an 8-week time course. …”
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A review of COVID-19-related thrombosis and anticoagulation strategies specific to the Asian population by Kai Chin Poh, Victoria Yu Jia Tay, Sarah Huixin Lin, Huei Leng Chee, Suhitharan Thangavelautham

“…In severe cases, there can be widespread activation of the immune system, vascular injury and a resultant pro-thrombotic state. …”
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Modern concept of bacterial complications at liver cirrhosis by M. S. Zharkova, M. V. Mayevskaya, V. T. Ivashkin

“…These patients are more predisposed to infections than others hospital patients due to disorders of immune system along with bacterial translocation from intestine, that, in turn, depends on immune changes of the latter and bacterial overgrowth. …”
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Exosomes, their sources, and possible uses in cancer therapy in the era of personalized medicine by Tomas Zemanek, Lubos Danisovic, Andreas Nicodemou

“…Research has shown that exosomes have the dual ability to both activate and suppress the immune system. Their potential as anticancer vaccines arise from the capacity to carry antigens and major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules. …”
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Irritable Bowel and Bacterial Overgrowth Syndromes: a Bacterial Link Hypothesis of Functional Disease by K. V. Ivashkin, V. R. Grechishnikova, M. S. Reshetova, V. T. Ivashkin

“…SIBO may represent a "peripheral" mechanism of IBS, aside to nonspecific inflammation, increased epithelial permeability and local immune system activation. In various assays, the SIBO rate in IBS patients was 4-46% vs. 0-13% in an intact cohort. …”
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