Project description:It's since December 2019 that Corona virus disease (COVID-19) has emerged to be the global issue of concern. A "pandemic"; this is what WHO has declared about the COVID-19 outbreak on March 3rd, 2020. Vitamin D and its deficiency have recently been claimed to be one of the potential factors affecting COVID-19 risks and outcomes [1]. As Selberstein et al., has recently discussed the effect of vitamin D deficiency, and the role of vitamin D supplementation in COVID-19 patients [2], I'd believe that vitamin D binding protein (DBP) is maybe also involved. A closer look on DBP and its action on regulating the circulatory vitamin D levels, its polymorphisms and their impact on COVID-19 prevalence and mortality, will be briefly discussed.

| S-EPMC7871104 | biostudies-literature

The potential significance of vitamin D binding protein polymorphism in COVID-19.

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| S-EPMC8223003 | biostudies-literature

Reply to: A key role for vitamin D binding protein in COVID-19?

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| S-EPMC7879137 | biostudies-literature

Vitamin D binding protein and its polymorphisms may explain the link between vitamin D deficiency and COVID-19.

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| S-EPMC10306132 | biostudies-literature

Authors' Reply: Vitamin D Sufficiency and COVID-19: Is Vitamin D Binding Protein (and Its Polymorphism) the Missing Link?

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