“Our work demonstrates a mechanism by which vitamin D reduces inflammation caused by T cells. These are important cells of the immune system and implicated as part of the immune response to the infection causing COVID-19.”
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Paper: DOI: 10.1038/s41590-021-01080-3
Chauss, D., Freiwald, T., McGregor, R. et al. Autocrine vitamin D signaling switches off pro-inflammatory programs of TH1 cells. Nat Immunol 23, 62–74 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-021-01080-3