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Effect of vitamin D(3) on the antimicrobial activity of human airway surface liquid: preliminary results of a randomised placebo-controlled double-blind trial

INTRODUCTION: Vitamin D(3) supplementation has been reported to prevent lung infections and increase the gene expression of antimicrobial peptides such as cathelicidin. We investigated the effect of vitamin D(3) supplementation on the antimicrobial activity of airway surface liquid (ASL) in human su...

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Autores principales: Vargas Buonfiglio, Luis G, Cano, Marlene, Pezzulo, Alejandro A, Vanegas Calderon, Oriana G, Zabner, Joseph, Gerke, Alicia K, Comellas, Alejandro P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5531307/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28883932
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2017-000211