Ressource pédagogique : Prof. Adrian Martineau - Vitamin D in the prevention and treatment of respiratory infections

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Vitamin D is best known for its effects on calcium homeostasis, but a growing body of evidence shows that it also has extensive immunomodulatory actions. In this talk I will describe the effects of vitamin D metabolites on host responses to respiratory pathogens, before going on to review results of clinical trials that have evaluated a potential role for vitamin D in the prevention and treatment of acute respiratory infections and tuberculosis. The potential for vitamin D to reduce incidence and severity of COVID-19 will also be discussed.  

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• Maladies des poumons (hypertension artérielle pulmonaire, hypertension pulmonaire, maladie obstructive respiratoire chronique, maladies respiratoires, ouvrages généraux sur les maladies des bronches et des poumons) (616.24)

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