Symposium 3: Vitamin D and immune function: from pregnancy to adolescence - 0 views
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Nathan Goodyear on 12 Aug 13Good article on the immunomodulation effect of vitamin D. The importance of vitamin D goes back to pregnancy. Vitamin D deficiencies during pregnancy inhibit appropriate invariant Natrual killer cells, which play important regulatory effect in autoimmune disease. Even with restoration of vitamin D levels with replacement, the full positive effects of vitamin D are not seen due to limited iNKT potential.