Pharma-Nutrition (eBook)

Dr. G. Folkerts started his career in the Rudolf Magnus Institute for Pharmacology at the Utrecht University. He did his thesis on viral infections and asthma and is appointed as full professor (Chair COPD and In Vivo Pharmacology) in the division of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Sciences. He spent some time at the University of Edmonton (Canada), the Wellcome Research Institute in Beckenham (UK) and Janssen Research Foundation in Beerse (Belgium). He has successfully guided a great number of research projects concerning inflammatory diseases. These activities have resulted in more than 160 scientific publications in well-respected international journals. He is a full-time professor at the Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands. He is also an associated editor of The European Journal of Pharmacology and is CEO of the contract research company Curax BV.Dr. Johan Garssen studied medicine and biology at the Free University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He specialized in immunology and pharmacology. He completed his PhD thesis at the University of Utrecht on the role of T cells in respiratory allergy, an immunopharmacological approach. This PhD program was partly performed at Yale University, New Haven, USA. After a postdoc period, he became senior scientist at the National Institute of Public Health in the Netherlands. There he coached many research projects, both preclinical as well as clinical research, in the field of immunomodulation induced by a.o. nutritional ingredients, drugs and environmental agents. He became head of the immunology section at Numico-Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands and director of the immunology platform of Nutricia Research (formerly Numico and Danone), medical nutrition and infant nutrition. He now is a full professor in immunopharmacology at the Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University and has been nominated University Profiling Professor Immunopharmacology. Additionally, he has published more than 370 peer reviewed papers in the field of immunomodulation.

.- 1 Introductory Chapter.- Seil Sagar, Gert Folkerts, Johan Garssen.- 2 New Developments in Food Safety Assessment: Innovations in Food Allergy and Toxicological Safety Assessment.- Geert Houben, Marty Blom, Jolanda van Bilsen, Lisette Krul.- 3 Bridging a Pharma-Like Innovation Gap in Medical Nutrition.- Tamar C. Weenen, Kenneth Fernald, Esther S. Pronker, H. Commandeur, E. Claassen.- 4 Modulation of the Gut Ecosystem in Irritable Bowel Syndrome.- Julia König, Robert-Jan Brummer.- 5 The Role of Omega-6 and Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.- Kevan Jacobson, Philip C. Calder.- 6 N-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid and Neuroinflammation in Aging: Role in Cognition.- Sophie Layé, Charlotte Madore, Jean-Christophe Delpech, Agnès Nadjar.- 7 Nutritional Programming of Immune Defense Against Infections in Early Life?.- Alma J. Nauta, Johan Garssen.- 8 Impact on Non-Digestable Oligosaccharides on Gut Associated Lymphoid Tissue and Oral Tolerance Induction.- Linette E.M. Willemsen.- 9 The Endocannabinoid System: Molecular Connection between Nutrition and Pharmacology.- Renger F. Witkamp.- 10 Effects of Natural products on Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Drugs.- Shizuo Yamada, Shingen Misaka, Yoshihiko Ito, Hiroshi Watanabe, Keizo umegaki.- 11 Nutrition and Gastrointestinal Health as Modulators of Parkinson’s Disease.- Heather E. Rasmussen, Bryana R. Piazza, Christopher B. Forsyth, Ali Keshavarzian.- 12 Eat to Heal: Natural Inducers of the Hem Oxygenase-1 System.- Matheus Correa-Costa, Leo E. Otterbein.- 13 Recent Developments in the Treatment of Cachexia.- Josep M. Argilés, Francisco Javier López-Soriano, Britta Stemmler, Sílvia Busquets.- 14 Individualized Tumor Therapy: Biomarkers and Possibilities for Targeted Therapy with Natural Products.- Thomas Efferth.- 15 Nutrition in Oncology: from Treating Cachexia to Targeting the Tumor.- Alessandro Laviano, Chiara Gori, Martina Stronati, Alessia Mari, Serena Rianda.- 16 Nutraceuticals in Preventive Oncology: Chemical Biology and Translational Pharmaceutical Science.- Ruiwen Zhang, Subhasree Nag.- 17 The Onset Of Eczema: Underlying Mechanisms.- Alma J. Nauta, Hugo Van Bever.- 18 Cow’s Milk Allergy: Protein Hydrolysates or Amino Acid Formula.- Christophe Dupont.- 19 Allergen Avoidance Versus Tolerance Induction.- P.V. Jeurink, L.A.P.D. Meulenbroek, J. Garssen, L.M.J. Knippels.- 20 Nutrition and Cognitive Decline in Older Persons: Bridging the Gap between Epidemiology and Intervention Studies.- Pascale Barberger-Gateau,  Cécilia Samieri, Catherine Feart, Stephen C. Cunnane.- 21 Nutraceutical Regulation of the Neuroimmunoendocrine Super System.- Paul Forsythe.- 22 Targeting (Gut)-Immune-Brain Axis with Pharmaceutical and Nutritional Concepts: Relevance for Mental and Neurological Disorders.- Aletta D. Kraneveld, Johan Garssen.- 23 Nutritional Approaches for Healthy Aging of the Brain and the Prevention of Neurodegenerative Disease.- Heike Asseburg, Stephanie Hagl, and Gunter P. Eckert.