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SUBMITTER: Mora JR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2906676 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mora J Rodrigo JR Iwata Makoto M von Andrian Ulrich H UH
Nature reviews. Immunology 20080901 9
Vitamins are essential constituents of our diet that have long been known to influence the immune system. Vitamins A and D have received particular attention in recent years as these vitamins have been shown to have an unexpected and crucial effect on the immune response. We present and discuss our current understanding of the essential roles of vitamins in modulating a broad range of immune processes, such as lymphocyte activation and proliferation, T-helper-cell differentiation, tissue-specifi ...[more]