The role of vitamin C, vitamin D, and selenium in immune system against COVID-19

M Bae, H Kim - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Low levels of micronutrients have been associated with adverse clinical outcomes during
viral infections. Therefore, to maximize the nutritional defense against infections, a daily …

Prognostic and therapeutic role of vitamin D in COVID-19: systematic review and meta-analysis

HA Dissanayake, NL de Silva… - The Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Purpose Vitamin D deficiency/insufficiency may increase the susceptibility to coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19). We aimed to determine the association between vitamin D …

[HTML][HTML] A basic review of the preliminary evidence that COVID-19 risk and severity is increased in vitamin D deficiency

LL Benskin - Frontiers in public health, 2020 - frontiersin.org
As the world's attention has been riveted upon the growing COVID-19 pandemic, many
researchers have written brief reports supporting the hypothesis that vitamin D deficiency is …

[HTML][HTML] Vitamin D and SARS-CoV2 infection, severity and mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis

O D'Ecclesiis, C Gavioli, C Martinoli, S Raimondi… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
To assess the evidence on SARS-CoV2 infection and Covid-19 in relation to deficiency and
supplementation of vitamin D, we conducted a systematic review up to April 2021. We …

Efficacy and safety of vitamin D supplementation to prevent COVID-19 in frontline healthcare workers. A randomized clinical trial

MA Villasis-Keever, MG López-Alarcón… - Archives of medical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Associations between vitamin D (VD) deficiency and the risk of SARS-CoV-2
infection have been documented in cross-sectional population studies. Intervention studies …

[HTML][HTML] Nutrition, immunosenescence, and infectious disease: an overview of the scientific evidence on micronutrients and on modulation of the gut microbiota

PC Calder, EF Ortega, SN Meydani, Y Adkins… - Advances in …, 2022 - Elsevier
The immune system is key to host defense against pathogenic organisms. Aging is
associated with changes in the immune system, with a decline in protective components …

Evidence-based fact-checking of health-related claims

M Sarrouti, AB Abacha, Y M'rabet… - Findings of the …, 2021 - aclanthology.org
The task of verifying the truthfulness of claims in textual documents, or fact-checking, has
received significant attention in recent years. Many existing evidence-based factchecking …

Relationship between vitamin D status and antibody response to COVID-19 mRNA vaccination in healthy adults

TS Chillon, K Demircan, RA Heller, IM Hirschbil-Bremer… - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
The immune response to vaccination with SARS-CoV-2 vaccines varies greatly from person
to person. In addition to age, there is evidence that certain micronutrients influence the …

A literature review of the potential impact of medication on vitamin D status

M Wakeman - Risk management and healthcare policy, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
In recent years, there has been a significant increase in media coverage of the putative
actions of vitamin D as well as the possible health benefits that supplementation might …

[HTML][HTML] The sex and gender dimensions of COVID-19: A narrative review of the potential underlying factors

JT Mourosi, S Anwar, MJ Hosen - Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 2022 - Elsevier
Multiple lines of evidence indicate that the male sex is a significant risk factor for severe
disease and mortality due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, the precise …