Vitamin D receptor expression by the lung micro-environment is required for maximal induction of lung inflammation

Toll-Like Receptor Triggering of a Vitamin D-Mediated Human Antimicrobial Response

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1α,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 Inhibits Differentiation, Maturation, Activation, and Survival of Dendritic Cells Leading to Impaired Alloreactive T Cell Activation

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1α,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 Has a Direct Effect on Naive CD4+ T Cells to Enhance the Development of Th2 Cells

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1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 reversibly blocks the progression of relapsing encephalomyelitis, a model of multiple sclerosis.

Margherita T. Cantorna, Colleen E. Hayes, Hector F. DeLuca · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1996 · 718 citations

Life Sciences, Neurology, Neuroscience +17

Vitamin D3 down‐regulates monocyte TLR expression and triggers hyporesponsiveness to pathogen‐associated molecular patterns

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