Vitamin D (calciferol) is a fat-soluble vitamin that has a significant role in phospho-calcium
metabolism, maintaining normal calcium levels and bone health development. The most …

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 has long been recognized as essential to the skeletal system. Newer evidence
suggests that it also plays a major role regulating the immune system, perhaps including …

who volunteer may be more representative of moderate and non-drinkers in the underlying
population. Thus the low risk of stroke in the heavy drinkers who volunteer for the study …

The different manifestations of infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis reflect the balance
between the bacillus and host defense mechanisms. Traditionally, protective immunity to …

Humans are exposed to a variety of environmental mycobacteria (EM), and most children
are inoculated with live Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine. In addition, most of the …

Background Susceptibility to disease after infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis is
influenced by environmental and host genetic factors. Vitamin D metabolism leads to …

The vitamin D endocrine system is central to the control of bone and calcium homeostasis.
Thus, alterations in the vitamin D pathway lead to disturbances in mineral metabolism …

To understand how virulent mycobacteria subvert host immunity and establish disease, we
examined the differential response of mice to infection with various human outbreak …

Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause worldwide of human mortality attributable to a single
infectious agent. Recent studies targeting candidate genes and “case-control” association …