Abstract
Vitamin D deficiency, a worldwide epidemic has been vastly studied in the last years and was found associated with different medical conditions varying from cancer to immune diseases. In this review article we have proposed that vitamin D is highly correlated with two chronic respiratory diseases, Asthma and COPD using population based and biological studies. The mechanism linking between these respiratory diseases involves numerous agents ranging from cell signaling pathway to anti-inflammatory cytokines. In addition, the role of vitamin D supplementation seems promising especially in the management of Asthma disease.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 284-289 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jan 2013 |
Keywords
- Anti-inflammatory
- Asthma
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Pathophysiology
- Side effects
- Vitamin D
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
