Introduction Inflammation is believed to be a contributing factor to many chronic diseases.
The influence of vitamin D deficiency on inflammation is being explored but studies have not …

The vitamin D receptor (VDR) is a nuclear, ligand-dependent transcription factor that in
complex with hormonally active vitamin D, 1, 25 (OH) 2D3, regulates the expression of more …

Human coronaviruses (hCoVs) have become a threat to global health and society, as
evident from the SARS outbreak in 2002 caused by SARS-CoV-1 and the most recent …

Lately, vitamin D has been linked with metabolic and immunological processes, which
established its role as an essential component of human health preservation. Vitamin D has …

In the last few years, more attention has been given to the “non-calcemic” effect of vitamin D.
Several observational studies and meta-analyses demonstrated an association between …

Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) is a secosteroid and prohormone which is metabolized in
various tissues to the biologically most active vitamin D hormone 1, 25 (OH) 2D3 (calcitriol) …

The seasonality of infectious disease outbreaks suggests that environmental conditions
have a significant effect on disease risk. One of the major environmental factors that can …

The illness ME/CFS has been repeatedly tied to infectious agents such as Epstein Barr
Virus. Expanding research on the human microbiome now allows ME/CFS-associated …

An extensive microbiome comprised of bacteria, viruses, bacteriophages, and fungi is now
understood to persist in nearly every human body site, including tissue and blood. The …

The catastrophic failure of human metabolism observed in autoimmune disease results from
a common underlying pathogenesis–the successive accumulation of pathogens into the …