Figure - PMC

Skip to main content

An official website of the United States government

Here's how you know

Here's how you know

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

View full-text article in PMC

. 2022 Dec 8;9:1082500. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2022.1082500

Search in PMC
Search in PubMed
View in NLM Catalog
Add to search

Copyright © 2022 Munteanu and Schwartz.

This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

PMC Copyright notice

The relationship between nutrition and the immune system. Macronutrients such as arginine and tryptophan are involved in cell proliferation and macrophages’ adequate activities. Micronutrients like Vitamin A and Zinc can promote cell proliferation; inhibit the nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells (NF-κB) pathway; decrease the pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-1β and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α); regulate the Th17 and Th9 cell differentiation; initiate the growth Treg cell population.