I’m excited to share with you my latest published journal article, titled “The Microbiome And Autoimmune Disease: An Introduction”.
Autoimmune diseases are a multifactorial complex group of conditions caused by the immune system’s inappropriate and abnormal attack of the immune system on the body’s own tissues and organs. Essentially, immune cells cannot distinguish self-antigens from foreign ones. The incidence of autoimmune diseases is increasing worldwide. Autoimmune diseases do not initiate at the point of clinical manifestation; instead, they commence several years before this observable onset.
The dysregulation of the microbiome plays a crucial role in triggering and promoting autoimmune diseases via several mechanisms, including microbial translocation, molecular mimicry, autoantigen overproduction, and amplification of autoimmune responses by cytokines
Optimum nutrition is the foundation for optimum health. Probiotics play a significant role in immune health and the immune system, such as:
- immune system development
- immunomodulation
- increasing production of immunoglobulins
- enhancing activity of macrophages and lymphocytes
- maturation of the immune system by stimulating the innate immune system in the early stage of life
- enhances the intestinal immune system
- production of antimicrobial substances
- inhibition of bacterial toxin production
Reference
McEwen B. The Microbiome And Autoimmune Disease: An Introduction. JATMS 2014 30(4) 206-211.
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