Ariyanto Harsono

Child immune response and the role of nutrition

The immune function is designed to defend the body in a safe and efficient way against a variety of dangerous materials including toxins and infectious organisms. Mechanical and biological barriers prevent the penetration of exogenous material into the body. Only after these barriers have been breached and cells have been directly attacked does the immune system come into play. By a variety of mechanisms, certain immune cells can directly phagocytose and destroy many pathogens. They require the close cooperation of somatic cells, which both alert the immune system through alarm signals and later participate in the effector phase. This first alarm signal can be grouped together as “stress signals”, known as the innate immune response.