Recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) affects close to 1% of couples; however, the etiology is
known in only about 50% of the cases. Recent studies show that autoimmune dysregulation …

Over the past 20 years, much has been written about the potential role of vitamin D in on
adverse health outcomes. In recent years, evidence has accumulated regarding the effect of …

Inflammation is a beneficial response that can remove pathogens, repair injured tissue and
restore homeostasis to damaged tissues and organs. However, increasing evidence …

Beside its traditional role in skeletal health, vitamin D is believed to have multiple
immunosuppressant properties, and low vitamin D status has been suggested to be a risk …

Background Nonlinear association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25 (OH) D]
concentration and all-cause mortality has been widely reported for the general population …

The active metabolite of vitamin D3-1, 25-(OH) 2D3-exerts most of its physiological and
pharmacological actions through its nuclear receptor (VDR), regulating the transcriptional …

Background The periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis and cervical adenitis
(PFAPA) syndrome is an autoinflammatory disease characterized by regularly recurrent …

Objective: Determine prevalence of vitamin D deficiency (VDD) in a diverse group of women
presenting for obstetrical care at two community health centers in South Carolina at latitude …

Background Lower serum vitamin D levels, a major public health problem worldwide, has
been found to be associated with various infectious diseases, cancers, autoimmune and …

Vaccinations have been used as an essential tool in the fight against infectious diseases,
and succeeded in improving public health. However, adverse effects, including autoimmune …