Vitamin D and the Lung: Mechanisms and Disease Associations

By Augusto A. Litonjua

Book Overview

Section I - Introduction

1 Vitamin D Deficiency: Historical Perspectives

Kumaravel Rajakumar

Michael F. Holick

2 Perspective: Evolution of Human Skin Color: How Low Levels of Vitamin D Drove Natural Selection

Scott T. Weiss

Section II- Vitamin D Mechanisms of Relevance to Lung Diseases

3 Vitamin D and Lung Development in Early Life

Virender K. Rehan

John S. Torday

4 Vitamin D and the Innate Immune Response

Philip Liu

Aria Vazirnia

5 Vitamin D and Regulatory T Cells

Catherine Hawrylowicz

Zoe Urry

Sarah Dimeloe

6 Dendritic Cell Modulation by the Vitamin D System

Luciano Adorini

Gilles Laverny

Giuseppe Penna

7 Vitamin D Modulates Airway Smooth Muscle Function

Audreesh Banerjee

Reynold A. Panettieri, Jr.

8 Genetic and Genomic Effects

Kelan G. Tantisira

Section III. Disease Associations

9 Acute Respiratory Infections

Jonathan M. Mansbach

Carlos A. Camargo, Jr.

10 The role of vitamin D in the development, exacerbation, and severity of asthma and allergic diseases

Augusto A. Litonjua

11 Vitamin D and COPD

Wim Janssens

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1627039627
• ISBN13: 9781627039628
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Humana
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"