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Impact Of Dietary Components On Nk And Treg Cell Function For Cancer Prevention, Young S. Kim, Thomas J. Sayers, Nancy H. Colburn, John A. Milner, Howard A. Young
Impact Of Dietary Components On Nk And Treg Cell Function For Cancer Prevention, Young S. Kim, Thomas J. Sayers, Nancy H. Colburn, John A. Milner, Howard A. Young
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An important characteristic of cancer is that the disease can overcome the surveillance of the immune system. A possible explanation for this resistance arises from the ability of tumor cells to block the tumoricidal activity of host immune cells such as natural killer (NK) cells by inducing the localized accumulation of regulatory T (Treg) cells. Evidence exists that components in commonly consumed foods including vitamins A, D, and E, water-soluble constituents of mushrooms, polyphenolics in fruits and vegetables, and n-3 fatty acids in fish oil can modulate NK cell activities, Treg cell properties, and the interactions between those two cell …