Research progress on the role of vitamin D supplementation in adjuvant therapy for COVID-19

The pandemic caused by coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) has brought severe challenges to public health all over the world. Vitamin D plays an important role in immune regulation and anti-respiratory virus infection as an immune enhancer. Several studies have demonstrated that vitamin D can reg...

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Main Author: Lei Yan, Zhan Shihuai, Shi Xiaohua, Wang Shuiliang, Zhao Meng, Zhang Shenghang
Format: Article
Language:zho
Published: Editorial Office of Journal of New Medicine 2022-12-01
Series:Xin yixue
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Online Access:https://www.xinyixue.cn/fileup/0253-9802/PDF/1672912137464-1711053268.pdf
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Summary:The pandemic caused by coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) has brought severe challenges to public health all over the world. Vitamin D plays an important role in immune regulation and anti-respiratory virus infection as an immune enhancer. Several studies have demonstrated that vitamin D can regulate the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2/angiotensin (1-7)/Mas receptor axis signaling pathway, inhibit the over-activation of renin-angiotensin system signal, fight against SARS-CoV-2 infection and suppress the production of inflammatory cytokine storm, thereby reducing the risk of pneumonia infection and improving acute respiratory distress syndrome, cardiogenic obstruction and thrombosis in COVID-19 patients. In this article, the mechanism of vitamin D in reducing the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and mitigating clinical symptoms was reviewed. It is hypothesized that vitamin D plays a critical role in the prevention or adjuvant therapy for novel coronavirus pneumonia and alleviating clinical manifestations in COVID-19 patients.
ISSN:0253-9802