Kawasaki Disease (KD) is an acute inflammatory illness that mostly occurs in children below
5 years of age, with intractable fever, mucocutaneous lesions, lymphadenopathy, and …

Vitamin D is a vitamin pro-hormone which can be taken exogenously from the diet or
supplements, or can be synthesised cutaneously through the action of summer sunlight on …

Background: Thrombosis with cardiovascular involvement is a crucial complication in COVID-
19 infection. COVID-19 infects the host by the angiotensin converting enzyme-2 receptor …

The immunomodulatory and metabolic effects of vitamin D receptor (VDR) activation have
been considered beneficial in mitigating the susceptibility and severity of COVID-19 …

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) led to a global health
outbreak known as the COVID-19 pandemic which has been lasting since March 2020 …

This review explores the role of vitamin D in atherosclerosis and its impact on cardiovascular
events. Atherosclerosis, a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by plaque …

Global data correlate severe vitamin D deficiency with COVID-19-associated coagulopathy,
further suggesting the presence of a hypercoagulable state in severe COVID-19 patients …

Preclinical data strongly suggest that the vitamin D endocrine system (VDES) may have
extraskeletal effects. Cells of the immune and cardiovascular systems and lungs can …

The COVID-19 pandemic requires a rapid understanding of the pathogenesis of the
spectrum of the disease and factors associated with varied clinical presentations. Immune …

SARS-CoV-2 infects the respiratory tract and leads to the disease entity, COVID-19.
Accordingly, the lungs bear the greatest pathologic burden with the major cause of death …