| T401 |
322-978 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The rationale has been summarized by Grant et al. in a recent review on the evidence supporting a possible correlation between vitamin D and SARS-CoV-2 risk: (i) the seasonal flare of SARS-CoV-2 which coincides with the nadir of vitamin D levels, (ii) the association between hypovitaminosis D and pulmonary infections together with the demonstrated protective role in acute respiratory infections, in adults (iii) the anti-inflammatory role of vitamin D which could be of benefit against the so called “cytokine storm,” which seems to be a major player in SARS-CoV-2 morbidity and mortality (Martineau et al., 2017; Zhou et al., 2019; Grant et al., 2020). |
