A Review of Essential Microelements in the Immune System

The immune system is the set of cells and organs that intervene in body's defense against certain antigens, foreign to body. This includes both elements with rapid action thus belonging non-specific immunity, also, provide a slower response, but, high specificity each antigen. Nonspecific immunity sums up cellular humoral elements, which react quickly on substances microorganisms. On other hand, adaptive based existence lymphocytes, develop albeit slower, through antibodies secreted by B lymphocytes. Zinc deficiency second most widespread micronutrient deficiency. compound indispensable for human body because it cofactor many enzymes including alkaline phosphatase, dismutase superoxide, metalloproteinases. Moreover, zinc included structure growth transcription factors participates cell communication within system. Selenium an essential trace element, being involved biological processes. It part structural component amino acid selenocysteine, one 25 selenoproteins, are defense. Raising awareness iron deficiency, recent studies emphasize common mineral worldwide. As already well known, particularly important transport oxygen, but its roles not only limited that. Besides, constituent some metalloproteins enzymes. takes ATP synthesis. Therefore, lack has multiple repercussions whole organism,