Dietary vitamin D3 deficiency exacerbates sinonasal inflammation and alters local 25(OH)D3 metabolism.

Patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) have been shown to be vitamin D3 (VD3) deficient, which is associated with more severe disease and increased polyp size. To gain mechanistic insights into these observational studies, we examined the impact of VD3 deficiency on inflamma...

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Main Authors: Jennifer K Mulligan, Whitney N Pasquini, William W Carroll, Tucker Williamson, Nicholas Reaves, Kunal J Patel, Elliott Mappus, Rodney J Schlosser, Carl Atkinson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5646812?pdf=render