The role of vitamin D in autoimmune diseases: could sex make the difference?
Abstract Over the last decades, a central role for vitamin D in immune modulation has been well established. The active form of vitamin D, i.e., 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D, through the interaction with vitamin D receptor, exerts different activities on the innate and adaptive immune system, among which...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-01-01
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Series: | Biology of Sex Differences |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13293-021-00358-3 |