Table 2.

Inhibition(↓)/activation(↑) of immune cells cells/regulators.

Cell/regulator	Zinc	ω-3 PUFAs	Vitamin D	Magnesium
Mast cells	↓ [161,162]	↓ [144,163,164]	↓ [138,[165], [166], [167]]	↓ [168,169]
Monocytes	↓ [170,171]	↓ [172,173]	↓ [147]	↓ [174,175]
Macrophages	↓ [176]	↓ [177,178]	↓ [179,180]	↓ [175,181,182]
Neutrophils	↓ [171,183,184]	↓ [185,186]	↓ [187,188]	↓ [181,189]
Dendritic Cells	↓ [190,191]	↓ [192,193]	↓ [63,194,195]	↓ [196]
Eosinophils	↓ [171,197,198]	↓ [172,185,199]	↓ [200,201]	↓ [202]
Th1/Th2 ratio	↓ [203,204]	↓ [205,206]	↓ [207]	↓ [208]
Th17	↓ [24,[209], [210], [211]]	↓ [[212], [213], [214]]	↓ [215,216]	—
Treg	↑ [24,211,217,218]	↑ [213,[219], [220], [221]]	↑ [[222], [223], [224]]	—
Inflammasome/caspase-1	↓ [225,226]	↓ [[227], [228], [229]]	↓ [79,[230], [231], [232]]	↓ [233,234]
NF-κB	↓ [12,17,25,235]	↓ [132,236,237]	↓ [79,[238], [239], [240]]	↓ [121,174,241]

— indicates no literature reference found.