Abstract
autoimmune diseases
AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES
High sodium concentration alters leukocyte activation, and in particular T‐helper (Th) lymphocyte polarization, and drives the development of autoimmune diseases in mouse studies. Similar results have been obtained with human leukocytes under The effect of habitual Western diet and salt‐reduced diet on the levels of systemic blood cytokines was analyzed in a placebo‐controlled nutritional intervention study. The results showed that reduced salt intake did not alter the concentrations of any of the analyzed 34 cytokines in blood. Our data show that marked real‐word changes in the diet can take place without any significant reflections on the systemic cytokine mileu in humans.
