[HTML][HTML] Long COVID or post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC): an overview of biological factors that may contribute to persistent symptoms

AD Proal, MB VanElzakker - Frontiers in microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The novel virus severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused
a pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Across the globe, a subset of patients …

The interplay between vitamin D and viral infections

M Teymoori‐Rad, F Shokri, V Salimi… - Reviews in medical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The pleiotropic role of vitamin D has been explored over the past decades and there is
compelling evidence for an epidemiological association between poor vitamin D status and …

Vitamin D: a role also in long COVID-19?

L Barrea, L Verde, WB Grant, E Frias-Toral, G Sarno… - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has quickly become a global pandemic. Reports
from different parts of the world indicate that a significant proportion of people who have …

Antimicrobial implications of vitamin D

DA Youssef, CWT Miller, AM El-Abbassi… - Dermato …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Evidence exists that vitamin D has a potential antimicrobial activity and its deficiency has
deleterious effects on general well-being and longevity. Vitamin D may reduce the risk of …

Vitamin D resistance as a possible cause of autoimmune diseases: a hypothesis confirmed by a therapeutic high-dose vitamin D protocol

D Lemke, RJ Klement, F Schweiger… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) is a secosteroid and prohormone which is metabolized in
various tissues to the biologically most active vitamin D hormone 1, 25 (OH) 2D3 (calcitriol) …

A brief review of the effects of vitamin D on multiple sclerosis

A Miclea, M Bagnoud, A Chan, R Hoepner - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is characterized as an autoimmune disease affecting the central
nervous system. It is one of the most common neurological disorders in young adults. Over …

The increasing incidence and prevalence of female multiple sclerosis—a critical analysis of potential environmental factors

J Sellner, J Kraus, A Awad, R Milo, B Hemmer… - Autoimmunity …, 2011 - Elsevier
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common acquired inflammatory demyelinating disorder of
the central nervous system (CNS). Not unlike many inflammatory diseases with a presumed …

The role of microorganisms in the etiopathogenesis of demyelinating diseases

J Frau, G Coghe, L Lorefice, G Fenu, E Cocco - Life, 2023 - mdpi.com
Multiple sclerosis (MS), neuromyelitis optica (NMO) and myelin oligodendrocyte
glycoprotein antibody disease (MOGAD) are inflammatory diseases of the central nervous …

Glia in the cytokine-mediated onset of depression: fine tuning the immune response

WK Jo, Y Zhang, HM Emrich… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a mood disorder of multifactorial origin affecting millions
of people worldwide. The alarming estimated rates of prevalence and relapse make it a …

Epstein-Barr virus immortalization of human B-cells leads to stabilization of hypoxia-induced factor 1 alpha, congruent with the Warburg effect

S Darekar, K Georgiou, M Yurchenko, SP Yenamandra… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) encodes six nuclear transformation-associated
proteins that induce extensive changes in cellular gene expression and signaling and …