Perspective: Vitamin D deficiency and COVID‐19 severity–plausibly linked by latitude, ethnicity, impacts on cytokines, ACE2 and thrombosis

JM Rhodes, S Subramanian, E Laird… - Journal of internal …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background SARS‐CoV‐2 coronavirus infection ranges from asymptomatic through to fatal
COVID‐19 characterized by a 'cytokine storm'and lung failure. Vitamin D deficiency has …

Vitamin D and COVID‐19—revisited

S Subramanian, G Griffin, M Hewison… - Journal of internal …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Vitamin D, when activated to 1, 25‐dihydroxyvitamin D, is a steroid hormone that induces
responses in several hundred genes, including many involved in immune responses to …

Association between vitamin D status and risk of developing severe COVID-19 infection: a meta-analysis of observational studies

M Ben-Eltriki, R Hopefl, JM Wright… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Objective The relationship between 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (25 (OH) D), the surrogate marker
for vitamin D3, serum concentration and COVID-19 has come to the forefront as a potential …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence regarding vitamin D and risk of COVID-19 and its severity

J Mercola, WB Grant, CL Wagner - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Vitamin D deficiency co-exists in patients with COVID-19. At this time, dark skin color,
increased age, the presence of pre-existing illnesses and vitamin D deficiency are features …

Association between vitamin D supplementation and COVID-19 infection and mortality

JB Gibbons, EC Norton, JS McCullough, DO Meltzer… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Vitamin D deficiency has long been associated with reduced immune function that can lead
to viral infection. Several studies have shown that Vitamin D deficiency is associated with …

The role of vitamin D in the age of COVID‐19: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

R Ghasemian, A Shamshirian, K Heydari… - … journal of clinical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Evidence recommends that vitamin D might be a crucial supportive agent for
the immune system, mainly in cytokine response regulation against COVID‐19. Hence, we …

[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 …

Vitamin D deficiency aggravates COVID-19: systematic review and meta-analysis

M Pereira, A Dantas Damascena… - Critical reviews in …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
There is still limited evidence regarding the influence of vitamin D in people with COVID-19.
In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we analyze the association between vitamin D …

[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 …