The discovery of a fat-soluble nutrient that had antirachitic activity and no vitamin A activity
by McCollum has had far reaching health benefits for children and adults. He named this …

Recent research activities have provided new insights in vitamin D metabolism in various
conditions. Furthermore, substantial progress has been made in the analysis of vitamin D …

Vitamin D deficiency is a global public health problem, a pandemic that commonly affects
the elderly and those with comorbidities such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension, respiratory …

South Korea is a unique country in many aspects in terms of its strategy against the COVID-
19 pandemic. From February 2020, the South Korean government adopted active …

Apart from developmental disabilities, the prevalence of chronic diseases increases with
age especially in those with co-morbidities: vitamin D deficiency plays a major role in it …

Main cause of severe illness and death in COVID-19 patients appears to be an excessive
but ineffectual inflammatory immune response that may cause severe acute respiratory …

Vitamin D deficiency is associated with a higher risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and poor
outcomes of the COVID-19 disease. However, a satisfactory mechanism explaining the …

Background Vitamin D deficiency is a substantial public health problem. The present study
evaluated the association between vitamin D concentration and hospitalization and mortality …

Abstract SARS-CoV-2, the etiological agent of the current COVID-19 pandemic, belongs to a
broad family of coronaviruses that also affect humans. SARS-CoV-2 infection usually leads …

Severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) interacts with the host cells through
its spike protein by binding to the membrane enzyme angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 …