Pages tagged with "Immunity"

282 pages, most important first (overviews, then meta-analyses, then RCTs, then newest). Combine with another topic

• The immune system may need nourishment: Vitamin D, Zinc, Iron, Omega-3, etc. - summary of video
• Vitamin D helps T-cell and immune system – overview
• Diet, Inflammation, and Infectious Diseases – overview of 5 studies
• Immunologic Effects of Vitamin D on Human Health and Disease - Holick
• Low Vitamin D and the gut problems: barrier, immunity, and microbiome - review
• Vitamin D and malaria – many studies
• Allergic diseases (dermatitis, rhinitis, asthma, food) and Vitamin D - many studies
• Antibiotic, Antimicrobial Resistance, and Vitamin D - many studies
• Resveratrol improves health (Vitamin D receptor, etc.) - many studies
• Superbug (Clostridium difficile) Infections strongly associated with low vitamin D - many studies
• Helicobacter pylori infection and low vitamin D – many studies
• Tonsillectomy, tonsillitis and Vitamin D - many studies
• Yeast Infection (Candida etc.) and Vitamin D - many studies
• Middle ear infection (Otitis Media) and Vitamin D – many studies
• Far fewer respiratory track infections in infants and children getting 400 IU of Vitamin D – many studies
• Vitamin D: 200 Immunity studies, 750 Virus studies - many studies
• Infections and low vitamin D - many studies
• Orthopaedic surgeries need Vitamin D – many studies
• Vitamin D aids the clearing out of old cells (autophagy) – many studies
• Progesterone activates vitamin D receptor - many studies
• Leishmaniasis (from sand flea) might be fought by Vitamin D - several studies
• Infections in children reduced a bit by 2,000 IU of vitamin D - meta-analysis
• Malaria death 3X less likely in mice given vitamin D (looks good for humans too) – meta-analysis
• Recurrent Tonsillitis 4 X more likely if low vitamin D – meta-analysis
• Vitamin D decreases oxidative stress – meta-analysis
• Influenza vaccine meta-analysis found moderate protection – Lancet
• 4.4 X INCREASE in other respiratory infections in children with influenza vaccinations – RCT
• MRSA Carriers not helped by 4,000 IU of Vitamin D (probably poor Vitamin D Receptor) – RCT
• Viral infections reduced 40% by monthly 100,000 IU Vitamin D – RCT review
• Immune systems of overweight black women improved by monthly 60,000 IU Vitamin D – RCT
• Fewer children died of pneumonia after 100,000 IU Vitamin D injection – RCT
• Vitamin D reduced bacterial infection in cows – RCT
• Respiratory infections (RTI) cut in half by 20,000 IU weekly vitamin D if initially deficient – RCT
• Antibiotic use cut in half by elderly (over 70) after monthly 60,000 IU of vitamin D – RCT
• Vitamin D improves T Cell immunity – RCT
• Preemie immunity (Treg) vastly improved by 800 IU of Vitamin D daily – RCT
• Treatment of neonate sepsis greatly aided by Vitamin D – RCT
• 1200 IU vs 400 IU of vitamin D did not improve bone health or immunity of children who were sufficient – RCT
• Colds not decreased if people already vitamin D sufficient – RCT
• Vaccine and 1000 IU of vitamin D started concurrently, vitamin D did not help – RCT
• Adults with a healthier thymus had a 50 % lower risk of death
• Immune cell profile improves around 38–41 ng/mL of Vitamin D - observation of 316 healthy adults
• Vitamin D helps both the Innate and Adaptive immune systems
• Gut problems treated by Vitamin D (helps both innate and adaptive immunity - gut-friendly forms are best)
• Over 200 immune articles in VDW have Vitamin in the title
• Ways to Boost the Aging Immune System
• Immune system is fortified by micronutrients such as vitamin D – Review
• Zinc and Vitamin D aid each other, both improve immunity
• Zinc and Vitamin D
• Changes in CYP3A4 gene affects Vitamin D, health, reactions to some drugs, etc
• Antimicrobial peptides and proteins can be boosted by vitamin D, etc.
• Vitamin D Binding Protein may affect immune system dendritic cells
• Bacterial infections reduced by Vitamin D without antibiotics
• 600,000 IU of Vitamin D (total) allowed previously weak immune systems to fight off a virus antigen
• Tonsillectomy raises risk of 3 diseases by 3X–10X — Vitamin D may help prevent them
• Immune System Amnesia - following Measles, severe Influenza, HIV, COVID, etc,
• Glutathione benefits \"virtually every physiological system\"
• Deficiencies in nutrients needed for a healthy immune system (Vitamin D, etc.)
• Vitamin D has been needed by land vertebrates for over 400 million years
• Vitamin D and Liposomal Glutathione restore the immune system
• Exosomes provide communication between cells (Vitamin D is needed)
• Vitamin D in Disease Prevention and Cure-Part I - India
• Candida albicans (a fungus) is fought by Vitamin D in many ways
• Rheumatic Diseases (Arthritis, Lupus, SS, Fibro) and Vitamin D
• Many viral diseases can be fought by immune system-augmented Vitamin D - Sunil
• Flu
• Vitamin D, genes, analogues and Immune System
• Antimicrobial peptides (which attack pathogens) are increased by Vitamin D
• What causes a person to be immunocompromized
• MS might be treated by patient's immune cells plus Vitamin D
• Need better COVID drugs for immunocompromized (ignores Vitamin D)
• Immune System tolerance is inversely related to the number of COVID vaccinations (PubMed analysis)
• Vitamin D can probably augment or replace many vaccines
• Toxoplasma gondii infection risk cut in half if high Vitamin D
• Pfizer COVID vaccinations resulted in altering immune systems (increased IgG4 )
• A poor lymph system can reduce Vitamin D getting to blood - if not use water-soluble form
• Vitamin D targets 61 Immune system genes (based on response to 80,000 IU)
• Immunity
• Global surge in infectious diseases as over 40 countries report outbreaks 10-fold over pre-pandemic levels
• immune system charts (vitamin D, virus, mutation, etc)
• Vitamin D and Aging: Central Role of Immunocompetence – Carlberg
• STD rates are highest if dark skin, and US rates are increasing
• Vitamin D is important for the immune system to correctly function (no surprise)
• Vitamin D and Zinc are crucial for the immune system (viral infection, etc.)
• Vitamin D: Viral infections, Infectious diseases, EBV and MS, Virus and Cancers – Grant
• 7 percent less likely to get immune mediated disease if born in the fall
• T-cells need at least 40-50 ng of Vitamin D to fight COVID-19
• Fight infections such as COVID with 50 ng of Vitamin D – Sunil
• Influenza vaccination (2022-2023) reduced hospitalizations by only 35%
• Hypothesis: Leishmania parasitic infection can be reduced by Vitamin D
• Increase immunity to TB-like bacteria if visit high altitude
• When over 50, poor health is associated with poor vitamin D– review
• Reduced fetal immune system stem cells if low Vitamin D at a point in pregnancy
• Vitamin D and it’s related genes regulate the immune system
• Vitamin D may protect against Ebola
• Valley fever may be prevented and treated with Vitamin D
• Autoimmune diseases fought by Vitamin D, especially if have more than 40 ng
• Immune systems of males and females differ through life – focus on TB and COVID
• Far less tonsillitis if have 30 ng of Vitamin D
• The vitamins and minerals that help the immune system respond to respiratory viruses
• Immune systems not improved with 1,000 IU of vitamin D daily (not a surprise)
• A year after 2nd COVID vaccination, stems cells not available to fetus immune system
• Little risk of infection after surgery if have more than 50 ng of vitamin D - 2014
• Vitamin D, immune System, Infection, and COVID- Video
• Sunlight: Optimize Health and Immunity - Medcram video
• Aging of the Immune system (Immunosenescence): micronutrients and gut microbiota
• Long-Haul more prevalent among seniors - June - 2022
• Complement system (part of innate immunity) needs Vitamin D (50 ng is good)
• Many Vitamin D similarities: people and cows
• Vitamin D energizes the innate and adaptive immune systems to fight lung inflammation
• Infection and vitamin D studies – huge increase in publications (then COVID hit)
• Vitamin D can provide HEALTH immunity to fight the Corona virus this fall
• How healthy innate immune systems adapt to viral mutations
• Strong innate immune systems do not get viral symptoms (COVID-19)
• Long-haul COVID-19 - another hint that Vitamin D should help
• Innate immune suppression by SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccinations
• Malaria in mice brains, and associated inflammation, prevented by Vitamin D intervention
• Immune system and vitamin D, with emphasis on Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Virus mutations (BA: .2, .4, .5, .2.12.1) can be more infectious and ignore previous immunity
• Vitamin D, Immune function, and SARS-CoV2
• 10X reactions to flu vaccine when vitamin D deficient
• Immune system both activates and uses vitamin D (in brain, fight COVID, etc.)
• COVID can be fought by healthy immune systems (vitamins, etc.)
• Immune system degrades with age (perhaps Vitamin D can help)
• Vitamin D helps both the innate and adaptive immune systems fight COVID-19
• Vitamin D for infections and COVID (50,000 IU weekly for 3 months)
• Vitamin D probably can both prevent Influenza and augment vaccine effectiveness
• Covid-19, T cells, and Vitamin D
• Vaccination immunity is waning - Fauci
• Vaccine definition by the CDC seems to now include Vitamin D
• Natural immunity to SARS (at least 10 months SARS-2, 200 months SARS-1) - Lancet
• COVID natural Immunity is most likely better than vaccination immunity- literature review by Masterjohn
• Herd immunity occurs only via vaccination - W.H.O.
• TB vaccinations increased vitamin D levels a year later
• Macrophages (a white blood cell) can activate Vitamin D without the kidneys
• The vitamin d receptor and T cell function
• Vitamin D may reduce Respiratory Tract Infections and the use of antibiotics
• Helicobacter pylori associated with low Vitamin D, treated much better if high Vitamin D
• Boosting Immunity with Vitamin D to reduce COVID-19 risks
• Immune system - great 11-minute animated video
• Urinary tract infection 5.4X more likely in girls if low Vitamin D
• Fight Cancer with more than cut, burn, and poison – Nobel prize for T-Cell
• Vaccines are plan A for COVID-19 Immunity (no plan B )
• Vitamin D and COVID-19 both affect immune cells
• 10,000,000 deaths annually in 2050 due to antibiotics no longer working (vitamin D can help)
• Antimicrobial implications of vitamin D
• Vitamin D, immunity and microbiome
• Immune systems helped by 50,000 IU of vitamin D (weekly for 3 months)
• How Vitamin D reduces inflammation, improves immunity and fights autoimmunity – review
• COVID-19 activates and Vitamin D de-activates 12 cytokines (mini-review)
• T-cells increased with monthly doses of 140,000 IU vitamin D
• Many Infectious diseases (virus) treated and prevented by Vitamin D – review
• Infection panacea – vitamin D increases Cathelicidins
• Clear Association between Influenza and low Vitamin D
• Ways to boost immune system to fight COVID-19 (no protocol)
• Immune system is capable of producing 1 Quadrillion unique antibodies
• COVID-19 patients with low vitamin D had far fewer natural killer cells
• If ANY of these vaccination problems occur, the US will not accomplish herd immunity
• Many vitamin D articles and videos by Schwalfenberg in Canada
• Infectious Disease typically not treated if use less than 4000 IU vitamin D daily– review
• Immune system is better fortified by nano forms of Vitamin D, Vit C, Vit B12, Omega-3, resveratrol, etc
• Vitamin D and Immune Regulation: Antibacterial, Antiviral, Anti-Inflammatory
• Common cold prevented and treated by Vitamin D, Vitamin C, Zinc, and Echinacea – review
• Immune system is improved by Vitamin D, A, C, and E (chickens)
• Vitamin D is important to health
• Sublingual Vitamin D sometimes is better than tablet
• Nutrients etc, which fight viruses and fortify the immune system
• Vitamins and Metals needed by the Immune System
• Protect your immune system from COVID-19, flu, colds, etc with 10,000 IU of vitamin D etc.
• Streptococci and Vitamin D3 (also D4, D5)
• 19X fewer COVID-19 infections if innate immune system activated – trial
• Fewer white blood cells needed to deal with infection when higher levels of vitamin D
• Severe malaria 9 percent less likely with each extra 1 nanogram of vitamin D – 2014
• Immune system is suppressed by many things (many of which consume vitamin D)
• Mastocytosis and Vitamin D
• Vitamin D might reduce suture infection when time-released from nano-structure suture
• More UV and vitamin D, less infectious disease
• Dengue fever immune response and micronutrients (vitamins D, E, A, and Zinc, Iron, Chromium)
• Poor immune system associated with low Vitamin D (dogs in this case)
• Mild COVID-19 quickly treated by Zinc lozenges in 4 people
• Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Infants reduced 5.9 X by daily 600 IU of vitamin D (China)
• The vitamin D receptor and T cell function
• Infant and child immunity depends on Vitamin D and two Vitamin D genes – Review
• Immunity against infection: letter sent to the editor of The Times UK
• Vitamin D improves a child’s immune system – can now be claimed in Europe
• Immune response to respiratory viruses – vitamin D connection – review
• Vitamin D's potential to reduce the risk of hospital-acquired infections
• Diabetes, immune system and Vitamin D – book chapter – 2019
• The effect of vitamin D on different human cells, with emphasis on burns and ICU
• Some immunity diseases associated with low vitamin D and Osteoporosis
• Inflammation and immune responses to Vitamin D (perhaps need to measure active vitamin D)
• I have a PhD in immunology and this is how I keep my daughter from getting sick during the winter
• Vaginal suppository of 6300 IU vitamin D stopped vaginal infection
• Vitamin D and the Immune System – chapter
• 2X more likely to kill superbug in 1 month with adequate level of vitamin D
• Vitamin D Receptor, the gut, the immune system, and the Middle East
• MRSA inpatient cost 2X higher if less than 20 ng vitamin D
• Infant sepsis strongly associated with low vitamin D
• Vitamin D Deficiency May Help Spread of Hepatitis B Throughout Liver
• Immune system is aided by red grapes, blueberries, both of which increase Vitamin D receptor – 2013
• Immune system improvement by vitamin D is boosted by resveratrol and blueberries
• Immune system is helped by vitamin D via dendritic cells
• Vitamin D protects against many types of health problems – review
• Stopped my cold in 1 day (3 of the 9 techniques used fast-acting Vitamin D)
• Vitamin D: Oxidative Stress, Immunity, and Aging – book
• Decidua immunity and Vitamin D – dissertation
• Infection in first six months of life: White 69 percent, Black, 78 percent
• Viral infection reduced 90 percent with 2000 IU of vitamin D
• Vitamin D effects on lung immunity and respiratory diseases – 2011
• Immunity increased by Vitamin D via cells and genes (HIV etc.)
• 3X more bio-markers of poor immune system (Antinuclear Antibodies) if low Vitamin D
• Reduce probability of getting the Flu
• Exposing some blood to Ultraviolet light has treated various health problems, then antibiotics came along
• Liver and interactions with vitamin D deficiency - Review
• Cardiovascular Diseases associated with both Vitamin D and innate immune system (TLR)
• Immune response was poor in mice and humans with low vitamin D and low vitamin A
• UV light does not activate immunity genes, but Vitamin D supplements do
• Having less than 15 ng of vitamin D increased risk of hospitalization with infection by 2.8 times
• Rotavirus diarrhea (nearly every child gets it) is strongly associated with low vitamin D
• Journal on vitamins and hormones has several papers on vitamin D – 2011
• Women resist infections better, but have more autoimmune diseases – Vitamin D
• 8 times less bacteria in blood of HIV patients if Vitamin D levels greater than 30 ng
• Sclerodoma and vitamin D deficiency
• Narcolepsy with Cataplexy 5X more probable with lowest vitamin D
• Inflammatory bowel disease, Vitamin D, and immunity
• Vitamin D does not help children (if only use 400 IU of D3 or D2 or quarterly) – Cochrane
• Fluid in lung (pleural effusion) associated with low vitamin D
• RF from mobile phones reduced immune response in rats, unless they had vitamin D
• Innate and adaptive immune systems probably helped by vitamin D
• Vitamin D and the Immune System
• Vitamin D: not just bone, but also immunity
• Infections, vitamin D and genes – detailed review
• Adaptive immunity (cancer, viruses, autoimmune) and vitamin D
• Immune system and vitamin D (from kidney doctor’s point of view)
• Zika virus and pregnancy - evidence, management, and prevention
• Congenital Zika Syndrome (more than microcephaly) – Spring 2016
• Infectious diseases and vitamin D – update
• virus Zika - ¿Cómo reducir significativamente su riesgo?
• PTH boosts immune response when vitamin D levels are low
• Staph infection reduced 50 percent when have more than 30 ng of vitamin D
• 4.5X more likely to catch a cold if low sleep - hypothesis - due to low vitamin D
• UV improves immune system without increasing vitamin D levels in male mice
• Immune modulation by Vitamin D, food allergy, chart of genes
• Yet again - more than 10000 IU of vitamin D treats MS
• Vaccine vs vitamin D
• Hypothesis: antibiotic resistant bacteria can be controlled with vitamin D
• Ebola, Vitamin D, and Calcium
• Vitamin D - for children with intellectual development disabilities and fight Ebola
• Influenza, solar radiation and vitamin D - 2009
• Off topic: Ebola: fast tests being developed
• Vitamin D patent for treating immune system diseases
• On the epidemiology of influenza – 2008
• Inflammation, infection, active vitamin D, and Olmesartan
• The role of vitamin D in prevention and treatment of infection
• Probiotics, prebiotics, and the host microbiome - the science of translation
• Race, immunity, and levels of vitamin D
• The lower the vitamin D level the more severe the rare bronchiectasis
• Cow, mouse, and human immune system and vitamin D
• Additional 4 ng of vitamin D reduced chance of infection by 7 percent
• ICU Acinetobacter baumannii infection (Iraqibacter) is 2.5X more likely if low vitamin D
• Vitamin D and Immune Function – Review
• Influenza Mortality not well modeled by vitamin D
• Many infant infections avoided with supplementation with 400 IU of vitamin D
• Vitamin D is a T-cell modulator in multiple sclerosis – April 2011.
• Severe Sleep Loss Reduced Immune System – wonder about vitamin D reduction
• Review of vitamin D and immune system – abstract
• 3X more colds by overweight who were low on vitamin D
• An update on vitamin D and human immunity
• Vitamin D probably can prevent and treat TB and infectious diseases – 2012
• Review of infectious diseases vitamin D trials
• Influenza in Norway not reduced by vitamin D
• Food allergy 80 percent more likely if have certain genes and vitamin D deficient
• Elderly taking extra vitamin D should expect fewer falls AND less flu
• An update on vitamin D and human immunity
• The difference between a prophet and a madman – by Dr. Cannell
• Bacterial infection in cows reduced with vitamin D
• Some immunodeficiency diseases associated with low vitamin D and increased Osteoporosis
• Can Vitamin D Replace Flu Shots – WSJ
• Inexpensive Trick to Cure a Cold - vitamin D - Mercola
• Pregnant women at increased influenza risk – letter to editor
• Influenza not reduced by 2000 IU of vitamin D in health adults
• Assessing vitamin D in the central nervous system