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The ketogenic diet and its variants have been considered an important medical nutrition therapy for refractory epilepsy and may have a potential modulation effect on the immune system, specifically, on the metabolism of immune cells. In this comprehensive review, we gathered current evidence-based practice, ketogenic diet variants and interventional ongoing clinical trials addressing the role of the ketogenic diet in epilepsy. We also discussed in detail the ketogenic diet metabolism and its anticonvulsant mechanisms, and the potential role of this diet on neuroinflammation and neuroimmunometabolism, highlighting Th17\/Treg homeostasis as one of the most interesting aspects of ketogenic diet immune modulation in refractory epilepsy, deserving consideration in future clinical trials.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/nu16233994","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,11,22]],"date-time":"2024-11-22T04:21:36Z","timestamp":1732249296000},"page":"3994","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Ketogenic Diet and Neuroinflammation: Implications for Neuroimmunometabolism and Therapeutic Approaches to Refractory Epilepsy"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0002-5138-9661","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Daniela","family":"Guerreiro","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Nutrition Lab, Egas Moniz Center for Interdisciplinary Research (CiiEM, U4585 FCT), Egas Moniz School of Health and Science, 2829-511 Caparica, Portugal"},{"name":"Nutritional Immunology\u2014Clinical and Experimental Lab (NICE Lab), Clinical Research Unit, Egas Moniz Center for Interdisciplinary Research (CiiEM, U4585 FCT), Egas Moniz School of Health and Science, 2829-511 Caparica, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Anabela","family":"Almeida","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Servi\u00e7o de Nutri\u00e7\u00e3o do Hospital Garcia de Orta (HGO), 2805-267 Almada, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1175-1400","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Renata","family":"Ramalho","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Nutrition Lab, Egas Moniz Center for Interdisciplinary Research (CiiEM, U4585 FCT), Egas Moniz School of Health and Science, 2829-511 Caparica, Portugal"},{"name":"Nutritional Immunology\u2014Clinical and Experimental Lab (NICE Lab), Clinical Research Unit, Egas Moniz Center for Interdisciplinary Research (CiiEM, U4585 FCT), Egas Moniz School of Health and Science, 2829-511 Caparica, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,11,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Verrotti, A., Iapadre, G., Di Francesco, L., Zagaroli, L., and Farello, G. 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