Apart from its classic calciotropic properties, vitamin D has been shown to boost innate and attenuate inflammatory adaptive immune responses. However, several studies have suggested effects on innate immune signaling that are primate-specific. Here, we extended these findings by demonstrating that the vitamin D response element- (VDRE) dependent transcriptional stimulation of human genes encoding the pattern recognition receptor NOD2 and its targets, the antimicrobial peptides cathelicidin and human beta-defensin 2, was absent in mouse, where the VDREs were not conserved. Moreover, the hormonal vitamin D-mediated upregulation of these vanguards of the innate immune response to infection was paralleled by significantly enhanced antimicrobia...
Vitamin D is widely reported to inhibit innate immune signalling and dendritic cell (DC) maturation ...
BackgroundThe immune system depends on effector pathways to eliminate invading pathogens from the ho...
Vitamin D induces a diverse range of biological effects, including important functions in bone healt...
Immunomodulatory responses to the active form of vitamin D (1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D, 1,25D) have bee...
Immunomodulatory responses to the active form of vitamin D (1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D, 1,25D) have bee...
Non-classical actions of vitamin D were first suggested over 30 years ago when receptors for the act...
Abstract: Non-classical actions of vitamin D were first suggested over 30 years ago when receptors f...
The hygiene hypothesis postulates that higher levels of cleanliness and improper exposure to microor...
Epidemiological studies have shown that a poor vitamin D status is associated with an increased risk...
In the past few decades, various novel actions of vitamin D have been discovered. The mechanism of a...
The primary function of vitamin D is to regulate calcium homeostasis, which is essential for bone fo...
Vitamin D is increasingly thought to play a role in regulating immunity. This comprehensive review u...
Vitamin D has well documented effects on calcium homeostasis and bone metabolism but recent studies ...
Background: Vitamin D is classified as an immunomodulatory hormone that is synthesized because of sk...
The hygiene hypothesis postulates that higher levels of cleanliness and improper exposure to microor...
Vitamin D is widely reported to inhibit innate immune signalling and dendritic cell (DC) maturation ...
BackgroundThe immune system depends on effector pathways to eliminate invading pathogens from the ho...
Vitamin D induces a diverse range of biological effects, including important functions in bone healt...
Immunomodulatory responses to the active form of vitamin D (1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D, 1,25D) have bee...
Immunomodulatory responses to the active form of vitamin D (1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D, 1,25D) have bee...
Non-classical actions of vitamin D were first suggested over 30 years ago when receptors for the act...
Abstract: Non-classical actions of vitamin D were first suggested over 30 years ago when receptors f...
The hygiene hypothesis postulates that higher levels of cleanliness and improper exposure to microor...
Epidemiological studies have shown that a poor vitamin D status is associated with an increased risk...
In the past few decades, various novel actions of vitamin D have been discovered. The mechanism of a...
The primary function of vitamin D is to regulate calcium homeostasis, which is essential for bone fo...
Vitamin D is increasingly thought to play a role in regulating immunity. This comprehensive review u...
Vitamin D has well documented effects on calcium homeostasis and bone metabolism but recent studies ...
Background: Vitamin D is classified as an immunomodulatory hormone that is synthesized because of sk...
The hygiene hypothesis postulates that higher levels of cleanliness and improper exposure to microor...
Vitamin D is widely reported to inhibit innate immune signalling and dendritic cell (DC) maturation ...
BackgroundThe immune system depends on effector pathways to eliminate invading pathogens from the ho...
Vitamin D induces a diverse range of biological effects, including important functions in bone healt...