Nutritional Immunology

The NIMML has helped to shape the field of nutritional immunology over the years into a systems level analyses of mechanisms of immunoregulation at mucosal surfaces. Nutritional immunology research at NIMML is centered around studying the mechanisms underlying the modulation of immune responses by nutritional, naturally occurring and orally active compounds such as conjugated linoleic acid, abscisic acid, and conjugated triene-containing lipids.

The NIMML expertise involves:

1)     Synergism studies

2)     Molecular Modeling approaches for therapeutic target analyses

3)     Bioinformatics analyses

4)     Loss-of-function studies to validate mechanism of action

5)     Efficacy and safety studies

6)     Drug-nutraceutical interactions

7)     Derivative generation and testing