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Review
. 2008 Sep;76(9):3837-43.
doi: 10.1128/IAI.00353-08. Epub 2008 May 27.

Vitamin D signaling, infectious diseases, and regulation of innate immunity

John H White  1
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Review

Vitamin D signaling, infectious diseases, and regulation of innate immunity

John H White. Infect Immun. 2008 Sep.
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Figures

FIG. 1.
FIG. 1.
Schematic representation of the interplay between TLR and vitamin D signaling described in the text. The blue arrows indicate pathways that are active in keratinocytes but not in monocyte/macrophages. Abbreviations: 27B1, CYP27B1; lipopep., triacyl lipopeptides.
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