ReviewCurrent allergy and asthma reports2014
Role of "Western diet" in inflammatory autoimmune diseases.
Review in Current allergy and asthma reports, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04894344 (Education to Decrease in Sodium Intake in University Students Evaluated With 24 Hour Urinary Sodium Excretion), which is not on this map. Cited by 233 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Education to Decrease in Sodium Intake in University Students Evaluated With 24 Hour Urinary Sodium Excretion: Randomized Controlled Trial
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233 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 430 citations in OpenAlex.
- Obesity as a Risk Factor for Autoimmune Diseases: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2026Pooled it
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- Association between pro-inflammatory diet and ulcerative colitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- Dose-Response Associations Between Diet and Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies.Nutrients · 2024Pooled it
- Vitamin, antioxidant and micronutrient supplementation and the risk of developing incident autoimmune diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Pooled it
- PPARγ Gene as a Possible Link between Acquired and Congenital Lipodystrophy and its Modulation by Dietary Fatty Acids.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
- Dietary pattern in relation to the risk of Alzheimer's disease: a systematic review.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2019Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of the Impact of Dietary Sodium on Autoimmunity and Inflammation Related to Multiple Sclerosis.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2019Pooled it
- Evidence for a causal relationship between low vitamin D, high BMI, and pediatric-onset MS.Neurology · 2017Pooled it
- Comparison of mediterranean and healthy eating guideline interventions on the dietary inflammatory index in rheumatoid arthritis: results from a dietary randomised controlled intervention trial.European journal of nutrition · 2026Trial
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- Effect of prenatal EPA and DHA on maternal and umbilical cord blood cytokines.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2018Trial
- Intermittent Fasting Confers Protection in CNS Autoimmunity by Altering the Gut Microbiota.Cell metabolism · 2018Trial
- Enhanced 400-m sprint performance in moderately trained participants by a 4-day alkalizing diet: a counterbalanced, randomized controlled trial.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2018Trial
- Association between dietary inflammatory index and Bell's palsy: a retrospective case-control study.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026Article
- The role of nutrition on thyroid health and disease: myths and facts.Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2026Review
- Degree of Food Processing and the Risk of Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases: A Prospective Analysis of the SUN Cohort.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Association of Sleep Quality, Nutritional Factors, and Salivary Melatonin and Cortisol Levels with Oral Lichen Planus: A Case-Control Study.Biomedicines · 2026Article
- Short-, medium-, versus long-chain fatty acids: mechanisms of immunomodulation and disease pathogenesis.Cellular & molecular immunology · 2026Review
- Dietary inflammatory index and unfavorable dietary patterns associated with ischemic stroke in China.Asia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition · 2026Article
173 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Developed societies, although having successfully reduced the burden of infectious disease, constitute an environment where metabolic, cardiovascular, and autoimmune diseases thrive. Living in westernized countries has not fundamentally changed the genetic basis on which these diseases emerge, but has strong impact on lifestyle and pathogen exposure. In particular, nutritional patterns collectively termed the "Western diet", including high-fat and cholesterol, high-protein, high-sugar, and excess salt intake, as well as frequent consumption of processed and 'fast foods', promote obesity, metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular disease. These factors have also gained high interest as possible promoters of autoimmune diseases. Underlying metabolic and immunologic mechanisms are currently being intensively explored. This review discusses the current knowledge relative to the association of "Western diet" with autoimmunity, and highlights the role of T cells as central players linking dietary influences to autoimmune pathology.
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