Vitamin D is a hormone regulating the immune system and playing a pivotal role in
responses to microbial infections. It regulates inflammatory processes by influencing the …

Vitamin D regulates homeostasis, anti-microbial response, and inflammation. The vitamin D
receptors are expressed in the macrophages and other immune cells, regulating the …

Vitamin D deficiency is a global public health problem, a pandemic that commonly affects
the elderly and those with comorbidities such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension, respiratory …

Immune cells express the vitamin D receptor (VDR) and are therefore vitamin D targets. The
Vdr protein can be readily measured in the kidney using antibodies to the Vdr and western …

Leprosy reactions are acute inflammatory episodes that complicate the course of a
Mycobacterium leprae infection and are the major cause of leprosy-associated pathology …

Changes in chromatin structure, especially in histone modifications (HMs), linked with
chromatin accessibility for transcription machinery, are considered to play significant roles in …

The aim of the study was to evaluate the vitamin D status in hospitalized COVID-19 patients
and the correlation with C reactive protein (CRP), ferritin, fibrinogen, and peripheral blood …

Objective This review aimed to assess the role of vitamin D supplementation on the
decrement of mortality and morbidity rate among tuberculosis (TB)/human immune …

Tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) is an ancient chronic infectious
disease and is still the leading cause of death worldwide due to a single infectious disease …

Extrapulmonary TB (EPTB) occurs with increased frequency in persons with underlying
immunodeficiency. Even after recovery from acute illness, differences in immune phenotype …