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SUBMITTER: Mousa A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5680306 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mousa Aya A Naderpoor Negar N Johnson Josphin J Sourris Karly K de Courten Maximilian P J MPJ Wilson Kirsty K Scragg Robert R Plebanski Magdalena M de Courten Barbora B
Scientific reports 20171109 1
In-vitro studies suggest that vitamin D reduces inflammation by inhibiting nuclear factor kappa-B (NFκB) activity. Yet, no trials have examined the effects of vitamin D supplementation on NFκB activity in-vivo in humans. We conducted a double-blind randomized trial (RCT) examining effects of vitamin D supplementation on inflammatory markers and NFκB activity in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). Sixty-five overweight/obese, vitamin D-deficient (25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] ≤ 50 nmol/L) ...[more]