The Importance of Vitamin D3

Vitamin D3 and its Other Mechanisms for Controlling Infections

Submitted by Red on Sat, 2009-02-21 17:15

 

In addition to its importance for inducing antimicrobial peptides, studies suggest that Vitamin Di may help control infectionsi through other mechanisms.  

The following study suggests that Vitamin D may be important for controlling intracellulari infections by down-regulating tryptophan-aspartate-containing coat protein (TACO) gene expression:

 

 

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