This review examines the scientific evidence behind the hypothesis that vitamin D plays a role in the pathogenesis of allergic diseases, along with a focus on emerging data regarding vitamin D and atopic dermatitis. Elucidated molecular interactions of vitamin D with components of the immune system and clinical data regarding vitamin D deficiency and atopic diseases are discussed. The rationale behind the sunshine hypothesis, laboratory evidence supporting links between vitamin D deficiency and allergic diseases, the clinical evidence for and against vitamin D playing a role in allergic diseases, and the emerging evidence regarding the potential use of vitamin D to augment the innate immune response in atopic dermatitis are reviewed.
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Univ Calif San Diego, Div Dermatol, La Jolla, CA 92093 USAUniv Calif San Diego, Div Dermatol, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
Muehleisen, Beda
Gallo, Richard L.
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Univ Calif San Diego, Div Dermatol, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
Vet Adm San Diego Healthcare Syst, San Diego, CA USAUniv Calif San Diego, Div Dermatol, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
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Univ Naples 2, Dept Women Child & Gen & Special Surg, Via Crecchio, I-80138 Naples 4, ItalyUniv Naples 2, Dept Women Child & Gen & Special Surg, Via Crecchio, I-80138 Naples 4, Italy
del Giudice, Michele Miraglia
Allegorico, Annalisa
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Univ Naples 2, Dept Women Child & Gen & Special Surg, Via Crecchio, I-80138 Naples 4, ItalyUniv Naples 2, Dept Women Child & Gen & Special Surg, Via Crecchio, I-80138 Naples 4, Italy
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Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Dept Pediat, Escuela Med, Santiago, Chile
Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Escuela Med, Evidence Based Hlth Care Programme, Santiago, ChilePontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Dept Pediat Infect Dis & Immunol, Escuela Med, Santiago, Chile
Cifuentes, Lorena
Camargo, Carlos A., Jr.
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Harvard Med Sch, Massachusetts Gen Hosp, Dept Emergency Med, Boston, MA 02115 USA
Harvard Med Sch, Massachusetts Gen Hosp, Dept Med, Div Rheumatol Allergy & Immunol, Boston, MA 02115 USAPontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Dept Pediat Infect Dis & Immunol, Escuela Med, Santiago, Chile