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Vitamin D and the ability to produce 1,25(OH) <sub>2</sub> D are critical for protection from viral infection of the lungs
2022-06-30
Abstract excerpt
Vitamin D supplementation has been linked to improved outcomes from respiratory virus infection, and the COVID19 pandemic has renewed interest in understanding the potential role of vitamin D in protecting the lung from viral infections. Therefore, we evaluated the role of Vitamin D using animal models of pandemic H1N1 influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infection. In mice, dietary induced vitamin D deficiency resulted in lu...
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- Literature Corpus work
- a11ad736-df5c-5fec-90e5-93232923558d
- DOI
- 10.1101/2022.06.29.498158
