Progress of vitamin D and bronchial asthma
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4408.2011.04.017
- VernacularTitle:维生素D与支气管哮喘研究进展
- Author:
Weiwei CHEN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Vitamin D;
Vitamin D receptor;
Bronchial asthma
- From:
International Journal of Pediatrics
2011;38(4):364-367
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
As an immune regulator, vitamin D plays a role in asthma. In the fetus, vitamin D participates in immune system and lung development. It has been reported that vitamin D deficiency may explain a portion of the asthma epidemic. Beneficial associations have been reported between vitamin D and asthma severity in children. Epidemiologic studies have also suggested that higher prenatal vitamin D intakes have a protective role against wheezing illnesses in young children. In addition, vitamin D may play a therapeutic role in steroid resistant asthmatics and there is interest in using vitamin D therapeutic-ally to complement conventional asthma therapy, such as specific immunotherapy.
