This article is a review of the antiviral actions of vitamin D. In particular it reviews the upregulation of cathelicidin LL-37 and human beta defensin, which have antiviral properties. (Cathelicidin LL-37 also has antimicobacterial activity). I mention this as part of SMO Kidney News because vitamin D supplementation is one of the actions that the nephrologist has been supporting for many years.

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To quote this article in bibliography:

Beard, Jeremy, Allison Bearde, Rob Stryker. “Vitamin D and the anti-viral state." Journal of Clinical Virology 50, no. 3 (2011): 194-200. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcv.2010.12.006

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