Effects of Vitamin D Supplementation on Intestinal Inflammation in Experimental Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Vitamin D may have immunomodulatory effects in the intestine. Our objective was to determine if exposure to vitamin D mitigates intestinal inflammation in IL-10 KO mice. Mice were randomized to a diet containing 25 IU (low) or 5000 IU (high) of vitamin D/kg of diet in utero and offspring were mainta...

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Main Author: Glenn, Andrea
Other Authors: Ward, Wendy
Language:en_ca
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/42388