Vitamin D: A Potential Mitigation Tool for the Endemic Stage of the COVID-19 Pandemic?

ABSTRACT: The impact of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic and associated development of clinical symptoms of COVID-19 have presented an enormous global impact on our health care systems, public health and economy. To date several observational epidemiological studies consistently found that vitamin D deficiency, measured as low levels of circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D, is associated with cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, certain cancers, autoimmune diseases and many infectious diseases, including acute respiratory infections. Since vitamin D is not merely immunosuppressive but also acts as an immunomodulator in tolerance and homeostasis, many experts have considered a role of vitamin D in the prevalence and severity of immune mediated inflammatory diseases,

SUBMITTER: Briceno Noriega D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9226430 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature