Diet, nutrition, and immunity / edited by R. Armour Forse ; associate editors, Stacey J. Bell, George L. Blackburn, Lynda G. Kabbash

includes bibliographical references and index

Includes bibliographical references and index

Basic immunology and its application to nutritional problems / Chandra -- Nutrition and immunology: clinician's approach / Shikora, Blackburn, Forse -- Assessment of nutritional status using conventional techniques (anthropometric/biochemical) and newer immune tests / Swails, Bell -- Tissue injury, nutrition and immune function / Cerra -- Perioperative feeding: nutrition and immunity / Berry, Bower -- Aging: nutrition and immunity / Burns, Goodwin -- Food, diabetes and immunology / Scott -- Cancer: nutrition and immunity / Tice, Meguid -- Cytokine influence on the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV): action, prevalence and treatment / Bell, Chavali, Forse -- AIDS: nutrition and immunity / Hickey -- Diet and allograft rejection / Kuo, Monaco -- n-6 fatty acids / Taraszewski, Jensen -- Role of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on immune responses during infection and inflammation / Chavali, Forse -- Structured lipids / Gollaher, Bistrian -- Arginine and immunity / Barbul, Dawson -- Glutamine and the immune system / Dudrick, Alverdy, Souba

(cont) Nucleotide nutrition dependent immunosurveillance: natural killer cell cytotoxicity, Þ-interferon production, and polymorphonuclear cell function / Kulkarni, Rudolph, Van Buren -- Vitamins / Blumberg -- Future outlook: nutritional effects on immunity / Beisel