Drug treatments for covid-19: living systematic review and network meta-analysis

RAC Siemieniuk, JJ Bartoszko, D Zeraatkar, E Kum… - bmj, 2020 - bmj.com
Objective To compare the effects of treatments for coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19).
Design Living systematic review and network meta-analysis. Data sources WHO covid-19 …

Vitamin D, infections and immunity

A Ismailova, JH White - Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders, 2022 - Springer
Vitamin D, best known for its role in skeletal health, has emerged as a key regulator of innate
immune responses to microbial threat. In immune cells such as macrophages, expression of …

[HTML][HTML] Vitamin D and SARS-CoV2 infection, severity and mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis

O D'Ecclesiis, C Gavioli, C Martinoli, S Raimondi… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
To assess the evidence on SARS-CoV2 infection and Covid-19 in relation to deficiency and
supplementation of vitamin D, we conducted a systematic review up to April 2021. We …

[HTML][HTML] Vitamin D and COVID-19 susceptibility and severity in the COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative: A Mendelian randomization study

G Butler-Laporte, T Nakanishi, V Mooser… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Increased vitamin D levels, as reflected by 25-hydroxy vitamin D (25OHD)
measurements, have been proposed to protect against COVID-19 based on in vitro …

Vitamin D supplementation, COVID-19 and disease severity: a meta-analysis

K Shah, D Saxena, D Mavalankar - QJM: An International …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Objective Current meta-analysis aims to understand the effect of oral supplementation of
vitamin D on intensive care unit (ICU) requirement and mortality in hospitalized COVID-19 …

Dietary supplements and nutraceuticals under investigation for COVID-19 prevention and treatment

R Lordan, HM Rando, CS Greene - Msystems, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused global disruption and a
significant loss of life. Existing treatments that can be repurposed as prophylactic and …

[HTML][HTML] Magnesium and vitamin D deficiency as a potential cause of immune dysfunction, cytokine storm and disseminated intravascular coagulation in COVID-19 …

JJ DiNicolantonio, JH O'Keefe - Missouri medicine, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Magnesium and vitamin D each have the possibility of affecting the immune system and
consequently the cytokine storm and coagulation cascade in COVID-19 infections. Vitamin D …

[HTML][HTML] Perspective: Vitamin D supplementation prevents rickets and acute respiratory infections when given as daily maintenance but not as intermittent bolus …

G Griffin, M Hewison, J Hopkin, RA Kenny, R Quinton… - Clinical Medicine, 2021 - Elsevier
The value of vitamin D supplementation in the treatment or prevention of various conditions
is often viewed with scepticism as a result of contradictory results of randomised trials. It is …

Vitamin D supplementation to prevent COVID-19 infections and deaths—accumulating evidence from epidemiological and intervention studies calls for immediate …

H Brenner - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic poses an unprecedented threat to human health, health care
systems, public life, and economy around the globe. The repertoire of effective therapies for …

Effectiveness of in-hospital cholecalciferol use on clinical outcomes in comorbid COVID-19 patients: a hypothesis-generating study

S Giannini, G Passeri, G Tripepi, S Sella, M Fusaro… - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Little information is available on the beneficial effects of cholecalciferol treatment in
comorbid patients hospitalized for COVID-19. The aim of this study was to retrospectively …