Two compounds found in red grapes and blueberries may help boost the human immune system, a study has found.<\/p>\nTwo compounds found in red grapes and blueberries may help boost the human immune system, a study has found.<\/p>\n
Resveratrol in red grapes and pterostilbene from blueberries could work with vitamin D to raise the activity of a gene called human cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide, or CAMP gene, which is involved in immune function, Xinhua cited researchers from the Oregon State University as saying.<\/p>\n
\u201cOut of a study of hundreds of compounds, just these two popped right out,\u201d said Adrian Gombart, an associate professor in the university\u2019s college of science.<\/p>\n
\u201cTheir synergy with vitamin D to increase CAMP gene expression was significant and intriguing. It\u2019s a pretty interesting interaction,\u201d Gombart said.<\/p>\n
Resveratrol has been the subject of dozens of studies for a range of possible benefits, from improving cardiovascular health to fighting cancer and reducing inflammation.<\/p>\n
This research is the first to show a clear synergy with vitamin D that increased CAMP expression by several times, the researchers said.<\/p>\n
The CAMP gene itself is also the subject of much study, as it has been shown to play a key role in the \u201cinnate\u201d immune system, or the body\u2019s first line of defense and ability to combat bacterial infection. <\/p>\n
The innate immune response is especially important as many antibiotics increasingly lose their effectiveness.<\/p>\n
A strong link has been established between adequate vitamin D levels and the function of the CAMP gene, but the new research suggests that certain other compounds may play a role as well, the researchers reported in the journal Molecular Nutrition and Food Research.<\/p>\n
However, they cautioned that the findings were made in laboratory cell cultures and do not prove that similar results would occur as a result of dietary intake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Two compounds found in red grapes and blueberries may help boost the human immune system, a study has found. Resveratrol in red grapes and pterostilbene from blueberries could work with vitamin D to raise the activity of a gene called human cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide, or CAMP gene, which is involved in immune function, Xinhua cited […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-179409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179409\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}