Immunoregulatory mechanisms of vitamin D relevant to respiratory health and asthma
Vitamin D deficiency is prevalent among people with various immune-mediated conditions, including autoimmune diseases and asthma. Serum 25(OH)D levels inversely correlate with asthma severity, glucocorticoid responsiveness/dosage, and markers of pathogenesis, such as airway remodeling, IgE, and eosi...
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| author | Mann, E Chambers, ES Pfeffer, PE Hawrylowicz, C |
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| description | Vitamin D deficiency is prevalent among people with various immune-mediated conditions, including autoimmune diseases and asthma. Serum 25(OH)D levels inversely correlate with asthma severity, glucocorticoid responsiveness/dosage, and markers of pathogenesis, such as airway remodeling, IgE, and eosinophilia. Trials involving supplementation with active vitamin D or a precursor are beginning to emerge with variable results that, in part, reflect differences in study design. This review looks at the mechanisms by which vitamin D may protect against asthma, including increasing glucocorticoid responsiveness, skewing immune cells towards a regulatory phenotype, reducing the incidence of infections, airway remodeling, eosinophilia, and lowering the levels of IgE. Also discussed is the therapeutic potential for vitamin D, which is likely to be applicable to immune-mediated conditions beyond simply asthma. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:677d76d0-9aac-46f9-9ae0-3d9e6b045fdb2024-12-12T09:26:05ZImmunoregulatory mechanisms of vitamin D relevant to respiratory health and asthmaJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:677d76d0-9aac-46f9-9ae0-3d9e6b045fdbEnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordWiley2014Mann, EChambers, ESPfeffer, PEHawrylowicz, CVitamin D deficiency is prevalent among people with various immune-mediated conditions, including autoimmune diseases and asthma. Serum 25(OH)D levels inversely correlate with asthma severity, glucocorticoid responsiveness/dosage, and markers of pathogenesis, such as airway remodeling, IgE, and eosinophilia. Trials involving supplementation with active vitamin D or a precursor are beginning to emerge with variable results that, in part, reflect differences in study design. This review looks at the mechanisms by which vitamin D may protect against asthma, including increasing glucocorticoid responsiveness, skewing immune cells towards a regulatory phenotype, reducing the incidence of infections, airway remodeling, eosinophilia, and lowering the levels of IgE. Also discussed is the therapeutic potential for vitamin D, which is likely to be applicable to immune-mediated conditions beyond simply asthma. |
| spellingShingle | Mann, E Chambers, ES Pfeffer, PE Hawrylowicz, C Immunoregulatory mechanisms of vitamin D relevant to respiratory health and asthma |
| title | Immunoregulatory mechanisms of vitamin D relevant to respiratory health and asthma |
| title_full | Immunoregulatory mechanisms of vitamin D relevant to respiratory health and asthma |
| title_fullStr | Immunoregulatory mechanisms of vitamin D relevant to respiratory health and asthma |
| title_full_unstemmed | Immunoregulatory mechanisms of vitamin D relevant to respiratory health and asthma |
| title_short | Immunoregulatory mechanisms of vitamin D relevant to respiratory health and asthma |
| title_sort | immunoregulatory mechanisms of vitamin d relevant to respiratory health and asthma |
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