Objective To review the existing human controlled intervention studies of vitamin D as
adjunctive therapy in settings of infection and provide recommendations for design and …

Vitamin D (VD) is a fat-soluble steroid essential for life in higher animals. It is technically a
pro-hormone present in few food types and produced endogenously in the skin by a …

Vitamin D insufficiency is a global issue that has significant implications for health. The
classical role of vitamin D in bone mineralisation is well known; vitamin D deficiency leads to …

Vitamin D is being touted as an anti-infective agent and it has even been suggested that
vitamin D supplementation could be effective against the H1N1 influenza virus. The claims …

Before the antibiotic era, treatment of tuberculosis patients was restricted to sun exposure in
sanatoria. Years later, it was found that 1, 25‐dihydroxyvitamin D3 stimulates production of …

An immunomodulatory role for vitamin D was first proposed more than 25 years ago, based
on two salient observations. Firstly it was shown that monocytes/macrophages from patients …

Vitamin D not only plays a key role in bone metabolism but also contributes to the defense
against contagious agents (bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi). Here, we describe the …

TB remains a major cause of mortality throughout the world. Low vitamin D status has been
linked to increased risk of TB and other immune disorders. These observations suggest a …

Vitamin D is a secosteroid hormone that has expanding importance for a healthy lifestyle
and disease prevention. A multitude of studies have highlighted that vitamin D acts not only …

Vitamin D has potential antimicrobial activity, the deficiency of which has deleterious effects
on the general well-being and longevity, predisposing major public health problem …