@article{MTMT:31390920, title = {Evidence that Vitamin D Supplementation Could Reduce Risk of Influenza and COVID-19 Infections and Deaths}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/31390920}, author = {Grant, William B. and Lahore, Henry and McDonnell, Sharon L. and Baggerly, Carole A. and French, Christine B. and Aliano, Jennifer L. and Bhattoa Harjit, Pál}, doi = {10.3390/nu12040988}, journal-iso = {NUTRIENTS}, journal = {NUTRIENTS}, volume = {12}, unique-id = {31390920}, year = {2020}, eissn = {2072-6643}, orcid-numbers = {Bhattoa Harjit, Pál/0000-0002-4909-0065} } @article{MTMT:31408606, title = {Inhibitory effects of Vitamin D on inflammation and IL-6 release. A further support for COVID-19 management?}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/31408606}, author = {Orru, B. and Szekeres, Júlia and Bizzarri, M. and Spiga, A. M. and Unfer, V}, doi = {10.26355/eurrev_202008_22507}, journal-iso = {EUR REV MED PHARMACOL SCI}, journal = {EUROPEAN REVIEW FOR MEDICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES}, volume = {24}, unique-id = {31408606}, issn = {1128-3602}, abstract = {The ongoing worldwide pandemic of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), raised the urgency to address knowledge gaps and to establish evidence for improving management and control of this viral infection. Throughout a keen analysis of the World Health Organization (WHO) most updated data, a gender-specific difference in the occurrence of infection was determined, which seems to correlate with patient's vitamin D status. Therefore, our purpose is to provide insights into the nutritional importance of vitamin D for its immunomodulatory effect, in order to help counteracting the COVID-19 pandemic. Novel interesting findings suggest that vitamin D, by inducing progesterone-induced blocking factor (PIBF), might regulate the immune response and also modulate cytokine IL-6, which appears to be increased in COVID-19 infections. Therefore, in addition to the standard recommendations to prevent the infection, supplementation of vitamin D might be considered an approach to help counteracting this global epidemic.}, keywords = {EXPRESSION; Cytokines; PROGESTERONE; vitamin D; Interleukin-6; IL-6; vitamin D deficiency; D SUPPLEMENTATION; PIBF; progesterone-induced blocking factor; COVID-19; IMMUNOMODULATORY PROTEIN}, year = {2020}, eissn = {2284-0729}, pages = {8187-8193} } @article{MTMT:31356149, title = {The Potential Beneficial Effect of EPA and DHA Supplementation Managing Cytokine Storm in Coronavirus Disease}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/31356149}, author = {Szabó, Zoltán and Marosvölgyi, Tamás and Szabó, Éva and Bay, Péter and Figler, Mária and Verzár, Zsófia}, doi = {10.3389/fphys.2020.00752}, journal-iso = {FRONT PHYSIOL}, journal = {FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY}, volume = {11}, unique-id = {31356149}, year = {2020}, eissn = {1664-042X}, orcid-numbers = {Marosvölgyi, Tamás/0000-0002-4244-5513; Verzár, Zsófia/0000-0001-5323-0748} }