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SUBMITTER: Wu M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10428002 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Wu Malinda M Bhimavarapu Anirudh A Alvarez Jessica A JA Hunt William R WR Tangpricha Vin V
Bone 20230628
In people with cystic fibrosis (CF), chronic inflammation and infection increase the risk for low bone mineral density and CF-related bone disease. During acute pulmonary exacerbations (APE), people with CF have increases in markers of bone resorption. Vitamin D has been proposed as a potential nutrient to lower inflammation. In this ancillary analysis of the Vitamin D for the Immune System in CF study, we hypothesized that vitamin D administered at the time of APE would have favorable changes o ...[more]