The role of vitamin B12 in viral infections: a comprehensive review of its relationship with the muscle–gut–brain axis and implications for SARS-CoV-2 infection

KS Batista, VM Cintra, PAF Lucena… - Nutrition …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
This comprehensive review establishes the role of vitamin B12 as adjunct therapy for viral
infections in the treatment and persistent symptoms of COVID-19, focusing on symptoms …

Non‐provitamin A and provitamin A carotenoids as immunomodulators: Recommended dietary allowance, therapeutic index, or personalized nutrition?

E Toti, CYO Chen, M Palmery… - Oxidative medicine …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Vegetables and fruits contain non‐provitamin A (lycopene, lutein, and zeaxanthin) and
provitamin A (β‐carotene, β‐cryptoxanthin, and α‐carotene) carotenoids. Within these …

Nutritional supplementation to prevent tuberculosis incidence in household contacts of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in India (RATIONS): a field-based, open …

A Bhargava, M Bhargava, A Meher, A Benedetti… - The Lancet, 2023 - thelancet.com
Summary Background In India, tuberculosis and undernutrition are syndemics with a high
burden of tuberculosis coexisting with a high burden of undernutrition in patients and in the …

Baseline serum vitamin A and D levels determine benefit of oral vitamin A&D supplements to humoral immune responses following pediatric influenza vaccination

N Patel, RR Penkert, BG Jones, RE Sealy, SL Surman… - Viruses, 2019 - mdpi.com
Maximizing vaccine efficacy is critical, but previous research has failed to provide a one-size-
fits-all solution. Although vitamin A and vitamin D supplementation studies have been …

Vitamin D status and risk of incident tuberculosis disease: A nested case-control study, systematic review, and individual-participant data meta-analysis

O Aibana, CC Huang, S Aboud, A Arnedo-Pena… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Few studies have evaluated the association between preexisting vitamin D
deficiency and incident tuberculosis (TB). We assessed the impact of baseline vitamins D …

Host‐directed therapy to combat mycobacterial infections

G Kilinç, A Saris, THM Ottenhoff… - Immunological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Upon infection, mycobacteria, such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) and
nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), are recognized by host innate immune cells, triggering …

Immune impairment associated with vitamin a deficiency: insights from clinical studies and animal model research

JO Amimo, H Michael, J Chepngeno, SA Raev, LJ Saif… - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
Vitamin A (VA) is critical for many biological processes, including embryonic development,
hormone production and function, the maintenance and modulation of immunity, and the …

The relationship between vitamin D and infections including COVID-19: any hopes?

R Taha, S Abureesh, S Alghamdi… - … journal of general …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Vitamin D is proposed to have a potential role in the pathogenicity, clinical presentation,
prognosis, complications, and treatment of several diseases. In addition to its well-known …

The Immune Response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in HIV-1-Coinfected Persons

H Esmail, C Riou, E du Bruyn, RPJ Lai… - Annual review of …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Globally, about 36.7 million people were living with HIV infection at the end of 2015. The
most frequent infection co-occurring with HIV-1 is Mycobacterium tuberculosis—374,000 …

Malnutrition: modulator of immune responses in tuberculosis

P Chandrasekaran, N Saravanan… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Nutrition plays a major role in the management of both acute and chronic diseases, in terms
of body's response to the pathogenic organism. An array of nutrients like macro-and micro …