Tantargy

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Topic

High levels of inflammation have been demonstrated to exert significant metabolic demands, deplete essential nutrient stores, and have immunosuppressive effects. While adequate nutrition is recognised as central to immune system homeostasis, our understanding of how supra-dietary doses of specific immunonutrients guide immune cells towards an immunologically balanced state is still evolving. Immunonutrition, a branch of precision nutrition, can be applied in any situation where nutritional support is used to modulate pro- or anti-inflammatory immune responses. Given the growing interest in this field within modern medicine, the list of immune-modulating dietary substrates has expanded in recent years beyond amino acids, nucleotides, vitamins, and fatty acids to include a wide range of naturally occurring bioactives such as polyphenols, glucans, diverse biotics (pre-, probiotics), among others. The health benefits that can be derived from immunonutrient supplementation, administered either individually or in combination, often in the form of functional foods and nutraceuticals, are well documented. The present course aims to shed light on the intricate interplay between the immune system and immunonutrient supplementation, thereby facilitating a more profound comprehension of the underlying cause-and-effect relationships between nutrition and the immune system.
1. Evolution of innate and adaptive immunity, Cellular mechanisms of cytokine activation,
Cellular lipids and inflammation

2. Genetic and environmental modifiers of immune functions, Biomarkers of Inflammation and    
     the Western Diet

3. Fats and oils: Balancing Omega-3 and Omega-6 in Tissue

4. Phytochemicals, Flavonoids and immune functions

5. Gut microbiome, SCFA, Glucan and their role in immunonutrition

6. Fat soluble vitamins and the immune system

7. Water soluble vitamins and the immune system

8. Spices and dietary supplements

9. Minerals, trace elements and their role in immunonutrition

10.Obesity and immunity, Nutrition and Autoimmunity

Lectures

• 1.

  Evolution of innate and adaptive immunity, Cellular mechanisms of cytokine activation,
  Cellular lipids and inflammation

  - Bóvári-Biri Judit
• 2.

  Genetic and environmental modifiers of immune functions, Biomarkers of Inflammation and    
       the Western Diet

  - Bóvári-Biri Judit
• 3.

  Fats and oils: Balancing Omega-3 and Omega-6 in Tissue

  - Bóvári-Biri Judit
• 4.

  Phytochemicals, Flavonoids and immune functions

  - Bóvári-Biri Judit
• 5.

  Gut microbiome, SCFA, Glucan and their role in immunonutrition

  - Bóvári-Biri Judit
• 6.

  Fat soluble vitamins and the immune system

  - Bóvári-Biri Judit
• 7.

  Water soluble vitamins and the immune system

  - Garai Kitti
• 8.

  Spices and dietary supplements

  - Bóvári-Biri Judit
• 9.

  Minerals, trace elements and their role in immunonutrition

  - Bóvári-Biri Judit
• 10.

  Obesity and immunity
  

  - Bóvári-Biri Judit
• 11.

  Nutrition and autoimmunity

  - Bóvári-Biri Judit
• 12.

  Nutrition and cancer

  - Bóvári-Biri Judit

Practices

Seminars

Reading material

Obligatory literature

None

Literature developed by the Department

Lecture slides

Notes

None

Recommended literature

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

Mandatory Attendance- Attendance sheet, 2 written tests

Mid-term exams

2 mid-term tests in a written form

Making up for missed classes

No option

Exam topics/questions

Short assay questions

Examiners

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars

• Bóvári-Biri Judit