The COVID-19 is an acute and contagious disease characterized by pneumonia and ARDS.
The disease is caused by SARS-CoV-2, which belongs to the family of Coronaviridae along …

Background Vitamin D deficiency is often reported in people with chronic liver diseases.
Improving vitamin D status could therefore be beneficial for people with chronic liver …

Micronutrient deficiencies develop for a variety of reasons, whether geographic,
socioeconomic, nutritional, or as a result of disease pathologies such as chronic viral …

Vitamin D (VD) plays an essential role in mineral homeostasis and bone remodeling. A
number of different VD-related genes (VDRG) are required for the metabolic activation of VD …

There is consistent evidence that vitamin D deficiency is strongly associated with liver
dysfunction, disease severity, and poor prognosis in patients with liver disease. Vitamin D …

Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‑19), caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2), was identified in December, 2019 in Wuhan, China …

Background and aim Chronic Hepatitis B (CHB) is a global health problem affecting around
400 million of people worldwide. Two available first-line antiviral drugs are tenofovir …

In addition to its classical role in bone homeostasis, vitamin D exerts key immunomodulatory
functions, which are of relevance to antiviral immunity. With immunological outcomes …

Background: The importance of vitamin D and the safety of the parathyroid gland in people
who are on long-term dialysis, as well as its effect on people who have hepatitis C at the …

1. Kondo Y. Hepatitis C infected patients need Vitamin D3 supplementation in the era of
direct acting antivirals treatment. World J Gastroenterol 2017; 23: 1325‑7. 2. Lange CM, Miki …