{"title":"Ultra-processed foods: increasing the risk of inflammation and immune dysregulation?","authors":"Katherine A. Maki, Michael N. Sack, Kevin D. Hall","doi":"10.1038/s41577-024-01049-x","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are industrially formulated products that contain synthetic ingredients but minimal whole-food components. Diets high in UPFs are associated with increased risk of immune dysregulation-linked diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease and potentially autoimmune disease. Several putative mechanisms have been proposed to explain this association, and these need urgent research attention. This Comment discusses the potential effects of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) on the immune system independently of obesity, by which UPFs might dysregulate the balance between the gut microbiota and immune cells.","PeriodicalId":19049,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Immunology","volume":" ","pages":"453-454"},"PeriodicalIF":67.7000,"publicationDate":"2024-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Nature Reviews Immunology","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41577-024-01049-x","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"IMMUNOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are industrially formulated products that contain synthetic ingredients but minimal whole-food components. Diets high in UPFs are associated with increased risk of immune dysregulation-linked diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease and potentially autoimmune disease. Several putative mechanisms have been proposed to explain this association, and these need urgent research attention. This Comment discusses the potential effects of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) on the immune system independently of obesity, by which UPFs might dysregulate the balance between the gut microbiota and immune cells.
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Nature Reviews Immunology is a journal that provides comprehensive coverage of all areas of immunology, including fundamental mechanisms and applied aspects. It has two international standard serial numbers (ISSN): 1474-1733 for print and 1474-1741 for online. In addition to review articles, the journal also features recent developments and new primary papers in the field, as well as reflections on influential people, papers, and events in the development of immunology. The subjects covered by Nature Reviews Immunology include allergy and asthma, autoimmunity, antigen processing and presentation, apoptosis and cell death, chemokines and chemokine receptors, cytokines and cytokine receptors, development and function of cells of the immune system, haematopoiesis, infection and immunity, immunotherapy, innate immunity, mucosal immunology and the microbiota, regulation of the immune response, signalling in the immune system, transplantation, tumour immunology and immunotherapy, and vaccine development.