Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Comment
. 2021 Jun;60(4):2261.
doi: 10.1007/s00394-020-02480-1. Epub 2021 Feb 12.

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

Mehran Arab-Ahmadi  1 , Behdad Behnam  2 , Alireza Abrishami  3 , Morteza Sanei-Taheri  4   5
Affiliations
Comment

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

Mehran Arab-Ahmadi et al. Eur J Nutr. 2021 Jun.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Outcome; Vitamin D; Vitamin D binding protein.

PubMed Disclaimer

Comment on

References

    1. Abrishami A, Dalili N, Torbati PM, Asgari R, Arab-Ahmadi M, Behnam B, et al. Possible association of vitamin D status with lung involvement and outcome in patients with COVID-19: a retrospective study. Eur J Nutr. 2020 doi: 10.1007/s00394-020-02411-0. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Raymond M-A, Désormeaux A, Labelle A, Soulez M, Soulez G, Langelier Y, et al. Endothelial stress induces the release of vitamin D-binding protein, a novel growth factor. BiochemBiophys Res Commun. 2005;338(3):1374–1382. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.10.105. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Speeckaert MM, Speeckaert R, Delanghe JR. Vitamin D binding protein in COVID-19. Clin Med. 2020;20(5):E136–E137. doi: 10.7861/clinmed.Let.20.5.2. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. KarciogluBatur L, Hekim N. The role of DBP gene polymorphisms in the prevalence of new coronavirus disease 2019 infection and mortality rate. J Med Virol. 2020 doi: 10.1002/jmv.26409. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Weir EK, Thenappan T, Bhargava M, Chen Y. Does vitamin D deficiency increase the severity of COVID-19? Clin Med. 2020;20:e107–e108. doi: 10.7861/clinmed.2020-0301. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

LinkOut - more resources