title: Feeding immunity: skepticism, delicacies and delights.
abstract: Immunologists studying the relationship between nutrition and immunological function face many challenges. We discuss here some of the historical skepticism with which nutritional research has often been faced and the complexities that need to be overcome in order to provide meaningful mechanistic insights.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Lymphocyte Signalling and Development, The Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: Marc
authors.identifier: 0000000214789562
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Veldhoen
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.
authors.forename: Henrique
authors.identifier: 0000000162161836
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Veiga-Fernandes
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004032:Diet / Q000592:standards; D005502:Food / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007109:Immunity; D009752:Nutritional Status / Q000276:immunology*