Vitamin D: a role also in long COVID-19?

L Barrea, L Verde, WB Grant, E Frias-Toral, G Sarno… - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has quickly become a global pandemic. Reports
from different parts of the world indicate that a significant proportion of people who have …

Infections and autoimmunity—the Immune System and vitamin D: a systematic review

SJ Wimalawansa - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
Both 25-autoimmunity and (25 (OH) D: calcifediol) and its active form, 1, 25-dihydroxyvitamin
D (1, 25 (OH) 2D: calcitriol), play critical roles in protecting humans from invasive pathogens …

A narrative review of the evidence for variations in serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration thresholds for optimal health

WB Grant, F Al Anouti, BJ Boucher, E Dursun… - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
Vitamin D3 has many important health benefits. Unfortunately, these benefits are not widely
known among health care personnel and the general public. As a result, most of the world's …

Dietary recommendations for post-COVID-19 syndrome

L Barrea, WB Grant, E Frias-Toral, C Vetrani, L Verde… - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
At the beginning of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, global efforts focused on
containing the spread of the virus and avoiding contagion. Currently, it is evident that health …

Effect of cholecalciferol supplementation on the clinical features and inflammatory markers in hospitalized COVID-19 patients: a randomized, open-label, single-center …

TL Karonova, KA Golovatyuk, IV Kudryavtsev… - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
Recent studies showed that a low 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25 (OH) D) level was associated
with a higher risk of morbidity and severe course of COVID-19. Our study aimed to evaluate …

Low-molecular-weight synthetic antioxidants: classification, pharmacological profile, effectiveness and trends

M Stoia, S Oancea - Antioxidants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Mounting research has been performed and published on natural antioxidants, more so than
on synthetic ones, as key molecules that control oxidative damage and its pathway to …

[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial peptides with antiviral and anticancer properties and their modification and nanodelivery systems

M Yang, S Liu, C Zhang - Current Research in Biotechnology, 2023 - Elsevier
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are natural biopolymers in the host defense system. AMPs
display multiple functions against bacterial, fungal, and viral infection, as well as anticancer …

Strategies for the management of spike protein-related pathology

MTJ Halma, C Plothe, P Marik, TA Lawrie - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
In the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, a need has arisen to prevent and treat two related
conditions, COVID-19 vaccine injury and long COVID-19, both of which can trace at least …

Vitamin D intake may reduce SARS-CoV-2 infection morbidity in health care workers

TL Karonova, AT Chernikova, KA Golovatyuk… - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the last 2 years, observational studies have shown that a low 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25
(OH) D) level affected the severity of infection with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). This …

Effect of vitamin D3 supplementation on cellular immunity and inflammatory markers in COVID-19 patients admitted to the ICU

MV Bychinin, TV Klypa, IA Mandel, GM Yusubalieva… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Vitamin D as an immunomodulator has not been studied in patients with severe COVID-19.
This study aimed to estimate the efficacy of vitamin D3 supplementation on cellular immunity …