Roles of active forms of vitamin D in supporting innate immune systems and in reducing excess inflammation in COVID-19

A reduced supply of micronutrient vitamin D leads to a more severe course of coronavirus infection (COVID-19). Vitamin D deficiency is combined with a decrease in innate antiviral immunity and excess of inflammation. Vitamin D supplementation stimulates the synthesis of antibacterial peptides and is important for weakening the cytokine storm, reducing excessive acute and chronic inflammation, and also for compensating for chronic comorbid pathologies. Active forms of vitamin D (alfacalcidol, etc.) are of particular importance for compensating for vitamin D deficiency in elderly patients, endocrine-immune dysfunction, sarcopenia, chronic renal failure (in which the metabolism of vitamin D in the kidneys is disturbed).

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:93

Enthalten in:

Terapevticheskii arkhiv - 93(2021), 8 vom: 15. Aug., Seite 948-953

Sprache:

Russisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gromova, O A [VerfasserIn]
Torshin, I I [VerfasserIn]
Chuchalin, A G [VerfasserIn]
Kozhevnikova, E N [VerfasserIn]
Malyavskaya, S I [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

1406-16-2
Alfacalcidol
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Antiviral Agents
Antiviral immunity
COVID-19
English Abstract
Journal Article
Micronutrients
Vitamin D
Vitamins

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Date Completed 28.10.2022

Date Revised 28.10.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.26442/00403660.2021.08.200918

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM348013973