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Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on Mycobacterium tuberculosis-Induced Innate Immune Responses in a Canadian Dené First Nations Cohort

Canadian First Nations (FN) population experiences a high burden of tuberculosis. Vitamin D is known to enhance the expression of innate immune effectors, including cathelicidin LL-37, for protection against infections. In this study we performed longitudinal analyses to investigate the impact of vi...

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Autores principales: Larcombe, Linda, Orr, Pamela, Turner-Brannen, Emily, Slivinski, Caroline R., Nickerson, Peter W., Mookherjee, Neeloffer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3404942/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22866178
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0040692