Immune cells in the brain could be targets for obesity treatment
Fat-rich diets cause microglia – immune cells that live in the brain and spinal cord – to trigger overeating and weight gain in mice, a new study shows.
July 5, 2017 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: brain, diets-cause, immune-cells, new-study, nutrition, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, the-brain, trigger-overeating
Probiotics stop menopause-like bone loss in mice
Microbes + immune cells drive effects of hormone deprivation.Probiotic supplements protected female mice from the loss of bone density that occurs after having their ovaries removed, researchers…
April 28, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: after-having, bone-density, bones / orthopedics, from-the-loss, immune-cells, loss, oncalldietitian.com, protected-female, the-loss
Does high folic acid intake reduce immune system defenses?
A new study conducted in mice suggests that excess folic acid intake could impair specific immune cells, leaving them vulnerable to infections and cancer.
January 13, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: folic-acid, immune-cells, impair-specific, mice-suggests, new-study, nutrition, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets
Clinical trial of vitamin’ D for multiple sclerosis
In mice with a rodent form of multiple sclerosis (MS), vitamin D appears to block damage-causing immune cells from migrating to the central nervous system, offering a potential explanation for why the so-called “sunshine vitamin” may prevent or ease symptoms of the neurodegenerative disease, according to results of a study at Johns Hopkins.
December 11, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: from-migrating, immune-cells, johns, may-prevent, multiple-sclerosis, nervous-system, neurodegenerative, oncalldietitian.com, potential-explanation, prevent-or-ease, study-at-johns, the-central, the-so-called
How The Body Uses Vitamin B To Recognize Bacterial Infection
An Australian research team has discovered how specialised immune cells recognise products of vitamin B synthesis that are unique to bacteria and yeast, triggering the body to fight infection.
October 12, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: australian, body, finding-opens, immune system / vaccines, immune-cells, improve-treatments, nutritional counseling, potential-targets, recognise-products, research-team, triggering-the-body