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The relationship of serum vitamins A, D, E and LL-37 levels with allergic status, tonsillar virus detection and immune response

BACKGROUND: Tonsils have an active role in immune defence and inducing and maintaining tolerance to allergens. Vitamins A, D, and E, and antimicrobial peptide LL-37 may have immunomodulatory effects. We studied how their serum levels were associated with allergy status, intratonsillar/nasopharyngeal...

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Autores principales: Elenius, Varpu, Palomares, Oscar, Waris, Matti, Turunen, Riitta, Puhakka, Tuomo, Rückert, Beate, Vuorinen, Tytti, Allander, Tobias, Vahlberg, Tero, Akdis, Mübeccel, Camargo, Carlos A., Akdis, Cezmi A., Jartti, Tuomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5325266/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28235040
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0172350