Scientific Publications: Autoimmune Diseases

The following collection gathers the main scientific publications on the role of fasting and the fasting-mimicking diet in autoimmune diseases, with particular focus on multiple sclerosis, inflammatory bowel disease and mechanisms of immune system regeneration.

2026

Nature Medicine / 2026
Kulkarni A.S. et al. — Effects of the fasting-mimicking diet on autoimmune diseases: mechanisms and clinical applications. Nat Med, 2026.↗

2024

The Journal of Nutrition / 2024
Hadžić K. et al. — Restrictive diets have a beneficial impact on dextran sodium sulfate-induced colitis in male mice. J Nutr, 154(1):121-132, 2024.↗

2019

Cell Reports / 2019
Rangan P. et al. — Fasting-mimicking diet modulates microbiota and promotes intestinal regeneration to reduce inflammatory bowel disease pathology. Cell Rep, 26(10):2704-2719, 2019.↗

2017

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology / 2017
Choi I.Y. et al. — Nutrition and fasting-mimicking diets in the prevention and treatment of autoimmune diseases and immunosenescence. Mol Cell Endocrinol, 2017.↗

2016

Cell Stem Cell / 2016
Longo V.D. et al. — Enhancing stem cell transplantation with “Nutri-technology”. Cell Stem Cell, 2016.↗

Cell Reports / 2016
Choi I.Y. et al. — A diet mimicking fasting promotes regeneration and reduces autoimmunity and multiple sclerosis symptoms. Cell Rep, 2016.↗

2015

The Times / 2015
— Fasting transformed me after medicine failed. The Times, 2015.↗

2014

Cell Stem Cell / 2014
Cheng C.W. et al. — Prolonged fasting reduces IGF-1/PKA to promote hematopoietic stem cell-based regeneration and reverse immunosuppression. Cell Stem Cell, 14(6):810-823, 2014.↗

Publications are listed in reverse chronological order. Links lead to original articles on PubMed or archived PDFs.