Fighting infections with vitamin D

Nature Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 388-390

  Zasloff, Michael ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN 2; BETA DEFENSIN 3; CALCITRIOL; CATHELICIDIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; VITAMIN D;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CELL VACUOLE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; GENE ACTIVATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; LUPUS VULGARIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SHORT SURVEY; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT; TUBERCULOSIS; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RECEPTORS, CALCITRIOL; TUBERCULOSIS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 33645741400     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: 1546170X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0406-388     Document Type: Short Survey

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