Vitamin D found to fight placental infection
Monday, December 1, 2008 - 15:21
in Biology & Nature
In a paper available at the online site of the journal Biology of Reproduction, a team of UCLA researchers reports for the first time that vitamin D induces immune responses in placental tissues by stimulating production of the antimicrobial protein cathelicidin.
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