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Editor, Senior Moderator
Can J Physiol Pharmacol. 2015 Jan 26:1-6. [Epub ahead of print]
[h=1]An update on the association of vitamin D deficiency with common infectious diseases.[/h] Watkins RR[SUP]1[/SUP], Lemonovich TL, Salata RA.
[h=3]Author information[/h]
[h=3]Abstract[/h] Vitamin D plays an important role in modulating the immune response to infections. Deficiency of vitamin D is a common condition, affecting both the general population and patients in health care facilities. Over the last decade, an increasing body of evidence has shown an association between vitamin D deficiency and an increased risk for acquiring several infectious diseases, as well as poorer outcomes in vitamin D deficient patients with infections. This review details recent developments in understanding the role of vitamin D in immunity, the antibacterial actions of vitamin D, the association between vitamin D deficiency and common infections (like sepsis, pneumonia, influenza, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV)), potential therapeutic implications for vitamin D replacement, and future research directions.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] HIV; MRSA; SARM; VIH; immunity; immunit?; pneumonia; pneumonie; sepsis; septic?mie; therapy; traitement; vitamin D; vitamine D
PMID: 25741906 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
[h=1]An update on the association of vitamin D deficiency with common infectious diseases.[/h] Watkins RR[SUP]1[/SUP], Lemonovich TL, Salata RA.
[h=3]Author information[/h]
[h=3]Abstract[/h] Vitamin D plays an important role in modulating the immune response to infections. Deficiency of vitamin D is a common condition, affecting both the general population and patients in health care facilities. Over the last decade, an increasing body of evidence has shown an association between vitamin D deficiency and an increased risk for acquiring several infectious diseases, as well as poorer outcomes in vitamin D deficient patients with infections. This review details recent developments in understanding the role of vitamin D in immunity, the antibacterial actions of vitamin D, the association between vitamin D deficiency and common infections (like sepsis, pneumonia, influenza, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV)), potential therapeutic implications for vitamin D replacement, and future research directions.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] HIV; MRSA; SARM; VIH; immunity; immunit?; pneumonia; pneumonie; sepsis; septic?mie; therapy; traitement; vitamin D; vitamine D
PMID: 25741906 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]