The Potential Role of Vitamin D in COVID-19 and Other Emerging Viral Infections
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Micronutrients and Human Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 May 2022) | Viewed by 35327
Special Issue Editor
Interests: vitamin D; calcium; bioactive food components; nutrient regulation of apoptosis; vitamin D, calcium, and bioactives in the prevention of obesity and cancer; vitamin D and cell calcium
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Dear Colleagues,
Nutrients is planning a Special Issue on the potential role of vitamin D in COVID-19 and other emerging or re-emerging viral infections. Vitamin D is important for the regulation of molecular, cellular, and organismal responses to infection. An increasing number of observational studies have linked vitamin D status to COVID-19 and other viral infections, and an increased vitamin D intake has been suggested for the prevention and even as supplementary treatment of infection diseases. However, understanding of vitamin D functioning in the viral infection processes is lacking. Health professionals receive contradictory messages regarding optimal vitamin D status and recommended vitamin D intake in COVID-19 and other infections. These considerations warrant a Special Issue on vitamin D to include current research on the role of vitamin D in emerging or re-emerging viral infections. Manuscripts presenting basic, applied, and clinical research, observational and meta-analysis studies, and analytical reviews are encouraged in this Special Issue
Prof. Dr. Igor Sergeev
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- COVID-19
- vitamin D status
- vitamin D and infection
- vitamin D functions
- vitamin D requirements
- vitamin D mechanism of action
- viral infection
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