Alterations in vitamin D status and anti-microbial peptide levels in patients in the intensive care unit with sepsis

BACKGROUND: Vitamin D insufficiency is common in hospitalized patients. Recent evidence suggests that vitamin D may enhance the innate immune response by induction of cathelicidin (LL-37), an endogenous antimicrobial peptide produced by macrophages and neutrophils. Thus, the relationship between vit...

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Autores principales: Jeng, Leo, Yamshchikov, Alexandra V, Judd, Suzanne E, Blumberg, Henry M, Martin, Gregory S, Ziegler, Thomas R, Tangpricha, Vin
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2684740/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19389235
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1479-5876-7-28

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