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Vitamin D in systemic and organ-specific autoimmune diseases.
Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology - 1 Oct 2013
Agmon-Levin Nancy, Theodor Emanuel, Segal Ramit Maoz, Shoenfeld Yehuda
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Lately, vitamin D has been linked with metabolic and immunological processes, which established its role as an essential component of human health preservation. Vitamin D has been defined as natural immune modulators, and upon activation of its receptors (VDRs), it regulates calcium metabolism, cellular growth, proliferation and apoptosis, and other immunological functions. Epidemiological data underline a strong...
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