Vitamin D status and antimicrobial peptide cathelicidin (LL-37) concentrations in patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis

Background: Vitamin D insufficiency is common in industrialized and developing nations. Recent studies have shown that vitamin D insufficiency is associated with a higher risk of active tuberculosis. Laboratory studies provided a mechanism for this link on the basis of findings that vitamin D metabo...

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Autori principali: Yamshchikov, Alexandra V, Kurbatova, Ekaterina V, Kumari, Meena, Blumberg, Henry M, Ziegler, Thomas R, Ray, Susan M, Tangpricha, Vin
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: American Society for Nutrition 2010
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Immunity
Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2921537/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20610636
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.2010.29411
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