Vitamin D promotes epithelial tissue repair and host defense responses against influenza H1N1 virus and Staphylococcus aureus infections
Abstract Background Early studies indicated that vitamin D (VD) exerted pleiotropic extra-skeletal effects in the airway, but the definite linkage between VD deficiency and airway host responses remains unclear. Methods 142 cases of clinical data from Department of Otolaryngology, the Seventh Affili...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2023-07-01
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Series: | Respiratory Research |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12931-023-02477-4 |