Effect of vitamin D supplementation on cathelicidin, IFN-γ, IL-4 and Th1/Th2 transcription factors in young healthy females

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 338-343

  Das, M ^a   Tomar, N ^a   Sreenivas, V ^a   Gupta, N ^a   Goswami, R ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

25(OH)D deficiency; antimicrobial peptide cathelicidin (LL 37); cholecalciferol supplementation; IFN IL 4; transcription factors

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CATHELICIDIN; COLECALCIFEROL; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 4 ANTAGONIST; INTERLEUKIN 4 DELTA2; MESSENGER RNA; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PLACEBO; STAT4 PROTEIN; STAT6 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM INTAKE; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GATA 3 GENE; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IFN GAMMA GENE; IL 4 GENE; IL 4DELTA2 GENE; LL 37 GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAT4 GENE; STAT6 GENE; T BET GENE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CALCIUM, DIETARY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-4; RNA, MESSENGER; TH1-TH2 BALANCE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895810290     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2013.268     Document Type: Article

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