Mechanisms in endocrinology: vitamin D and COVID-19

JP Bilezikian, D Bikle, M Hewison… - European journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The SARS-CoV-2 virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic has generated an explosion
of interest both in the mechanisms of infection leading to dissemination and expression of …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 mortality risk correlates inversely with vitamin D3 status, and a mortality rate close to zero could theoretically be achieved at 50 ng/mL 25 (OH) D3 …

L Borsche, B Glauner, J von Mendel - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: Open Access Editor's Choice Systematic Review COVID-19 Mortality Risk
Correlates Inversely with Vitamin D3 Status, and a Mortality Rate Close to Zero Could …

[HTML][HTML] Does vitamin D deficiency increase the severity of COVID-19?

EK Weir, T Thenappan, M Bhargava, Y Chen - Clinical Medicine, 2020 - Elsevier
The severity of coronavirus 2019 infection (COVID-19) is determined by the presence of
pneumonia, severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (SARS-CoV-2), myocarditis …

[HTML][HTML] A basic review of the preliminary evidence that COVID-19 risk and severity is increased in vitamin D deficiency

LL Benskin - Frontiers in public health, 2020 - frontiersin.org
As the world's attention has been riveted upon the growing COVID-19 pandemic, many
researchers have written brief reports supporting the hypothesis that vitamin D deficiency is …

Association of vitamin D status with COVID-19 and its severity: Vitamin D and COVID-19: A narrative review

JH Bae, HJ Choe, MF Holick, S Lim - Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic …, 2022 - Springer
Vitamin D is associated with biological activities of the innate and adaptive immune systems,
as well as inflammation. In observational studies, an inverse relationship has been found …

Effect of micronutrient supplements on influenza and other respiratory tract infections among adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

AI Abioye, S Bromage, W Fawzi - BMJ global health, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
Acute respiratory tract infections (ARIs) are a leading cause of ill-health and death globally.
Individual or multiple micronutrients have been shown to modulate immune function and …

Vitamin D and lung outcomes in elderly COVID-19 patients

A Sulli, E Gotelli, A Casabella, S Paolino, C Pizzorni… - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background and aim: Vitamin D deficiency is frequently reported in patients with SARS-CoV-
2 infection. The aim of this study was to correlate the 25OH-Vitamin D serum concentrations …

[HTML][HTML] The role of vitamin D deficiency on COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

MO Kaya, E Pamukçu, B Yakar - Epidemiology and Health, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
OBJECTIVES Although vaccination has started, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
poses a continuing threat to public health. Therefore, in addition to vaccination, the use of …

Vitamin D and its potential benefit for the COVID-19 pandemic

N Charoenngam, A Shirvani, MF Holick - Endocrine Practice, 2021 - Elsevier
Vitamin D is known not only for its importance for bone health but also for its biologic
activities on many other organ systems. This is due to the presence of the vitamin D receptor …

Vitamin D and its role in the lipid metabolism and the development of atherosclerosis

AM Surdu, O Pînzariu, DM Ciobanu, AG Negru… - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Vitamin D, a crucial hormone in the homeostasis and metabolism of calcium bone, has lately
been found to produce effects on other physiological and pathological processes …