Vitamin D and infectious diseases: simple bystander or contributing factor?

PHF Gois, D Ferreira, S Olenski, AC Seguro - Nutrients, 2017 - mdpi.com
Vitamin D (VD) is a fat-soluble steroid essential for life in higher animals. It is technically a
pro-hormone present in few food types and produced endogenously in the skin by a …

Immunomodulation as therapy for fungal infection: are we closer?

QH Sam, WS Yew, CJ Seneviratne… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Invasive fungal disease (IFD) causes significant morbidity in immunocompromised patients
due to their weakened immune system. Immunomodulatory therapy, in synergy with existing …

The divergent immunomodulatory effects of short chain fatty acids and medium chain fatty acids

QH Sam, H Ling, WS Yew, Z Tan, S Ravikumar… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Fatty acids are derived from diet and fermentative processes by the intestinal flora. Two to
five carbon chain fatty acids, termed short chain fatty acids (SCFA) are increasingly …

Low vitamin D is associated with infections and proinflammatory cytokines during pregnancy

CC Akoh, EK Pressman, E Cooper… - Reproductive …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Vitamin D is known to regulate innate and adaptive immune processes at the cellular level,
but the role of vitamin D status on associated inflammatory processes across pregnancy is …

[HTML][HTML] Antifungal activity of vitamin D3 against Candida albicans in vitro and in vivo

J Lei, W ** incident autoimmune diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis
CE Low, S Loke, NSM Chew, ARYB Lee… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Background Autoimmune diseases pose significant health challenges worldwide and affect
millions. In recent years, there has been growing interest in exploring preventive strategies …