[HTML][HTML] Malnutrition in older adults—recent advances and remaining challenges

K Norman, U Haß, M Pirlich - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Malnutrition in older adults has been recognised as a challenging health concern
associated with not only increased mortality and morbidity, but also with physical decline …

[HTML][HTML] Vitamin D, infections and immunity

A Ismailova, JH White - Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders, 2022 - Springer
Vitamin D, best known for its role in skeletal health, has emerged as a key regulator of innate
immune responses to microbial threat. In immune cells such as macrophages, expression of …

[HTML][HTML] Sarcopenia during COVID-19 lockdown restrictions: long-term health effects of short-term muscle loss

R Kirwan, D McCullough, T Butler, F Perez de Heredia… - GeroScience, 2020 - Springer
The COVID-19 pandemic is an extraordinary global emergency that has led to the
implementation of unprecedented measures in order to stem the spread of the infection …

Respiratory epithelial cell responses to SARS-CoV-2 in COVID-19

JP Bridges, EK Vladar, H Huang, RJ Mason - Thorax, 2022 - thorax.bmj.com
COVID-19 has different clinical stages, and effective therapy depends on the location and
extent of the infection. The purpose of this review is to provide a background for …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence regarding vitamin D and risk of COVID-19 and its severity

J Mercola, WB Grant, CL Wagner - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Vitamin D deficiency co-exists in patients with COVID-19. At this time, dark skin color,
increased age, the presence of pre-existing illnesses and vitamin D deficiency are features …

[HTML][HTML] I mmunosenescence and inflammaging: risk factors of severe COVID-19 in older people

AJ Pietrobon, FME Teixeira, MN Sato - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Old individuals are more susceptible to various infections due to immunological changes
that occur during the aging process. These changes named collectively as …

[HTML][HTML] A basic review of the preliminary evidence that COVID-19 risk and severity is increased in vitamin D deficiency

LL Benskin - Frontiers in public health, 2020 - frontiersin.org
As the world's attention has been riveted upon the growing COVID-19 pandemic, many
researchers have written brief reports supporting the hypothesis that vitamin D deficiency is …

Botanical drugs and supplements affecting the immune response in the time of COVID‐19: Implications for research and clinical practice

T Brendler, A Al‐Harrasi, R Bauer… - Phytotherapy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In times of health crisis, including the current COVID‐19 pandemic, the potential benefit of
botanical drugs and supplements emerges as a focus of attention, although controversial …

[HTML][HTML] Nanomedicine for COVID-19: the role of nanotechnology in the treatment and diagnosis of COVID-19

F Vahedifard, K Chakravarthy - Emergent materials, 2021 - Springer
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused the recent
outbreak of coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). Although nearly two decades have passed since …

[HTML][HTML] Vitamin D deficiency is associated with COVID-19 incidence and disease severity in Chinese people

X Luo, Q Liao, Y Shen, H Li, L Cheng - The Journal of nutrition, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Vitamin D might have beneficial potential in influencing the natural history of the
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) due to its immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory …