Fighting infections with vitamin D

被引：142

作者：

Zasloff, M ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Georgetown Univ, Sch Med, Dept Surg, Washington, DC 20007 USA

[2] Georgetown Univ, Sch Med, Dept Pediat, Washington, DC 20007 USA

来源：

NATURE MEDICINE | 2006年 / 12卷 / 04期

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D O I：

10.1038/nm0406-388

中图分类号：

Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];

学科分类号：

071010 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

Sunlight can treat tuberculosis, a phenomenon observed more than a century ago. The mechanism now becomes more clear, and it involves induction of a microbe-fighting peptide by vitamin D.

引用

页码：388 / 390

页数：4

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