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SUBMITTER: Vestita M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4417995 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vestita Michelangelo M Filoni Angela A Congedo Maurizio M Foti Caterina C Bonamonte Domenico D
Journal of immunology research 20150420
Vitamin D features immunomodulatory effects on both the innate and adaptive immune systems, which may explain the growing evidence connecting vitamin D to allergic diseases. A wealth of studies describing a beneficial effect of vitamin D on atopic dermatitis (AD) prevalence and severity are known. However, observations linking high vitamin D levels to an increased risk of developing AD have also been published, effectively creating a controversy. In this paper, we review the existing literature ...[more]