Vitamin D Enhanced Immuno-Protection Against Covid-19

Optimisation of Vitamin D Status for Enhanced Immuno-protection Against Covid-19

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Authors: McCartney and Byrne suggest:

Vitamin D and Covid-19 Correction of vitamin D deficiency is thought to suppress CD26, a putative adhesion molecule for Covid-19 host cell invasion. Vitamin D may also reduce interferon gamma (IFNγ) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) inflammatory responses, both potent predictors of poorer outcome in critically-ill ventilated patients including those with Covid-19.

We recommend that all older adults, hospital inpatients, nursing home residents and other vulnerable groups (e.g. those with diabetes mellitus or compromised immune function, those with darker skin, vegetarians and vegans, those who are overweight or obese, smokers and healthcare workers) be urgently supplemented with 20-50μg/d of vitamin D to enhance their resistance to Covid-19, and that this advice be quickly extended to the general adult population.

Optimisation of Vitamin D Status for Enhanced Immun-protection Against Covid-19

Antihypertensive Drugs and Risk of COVID-19?

Lei Fang and colleagues extrapolated results from a molecular study of coronaviruses, which showed that this group of viruses uses angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE2) to target cells on the epithelium of the lungs, intestine, kidneys, and blood vessels. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), which causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), would probably share these properties.

Antihypertensive drugs and risk of COVID-19?

Are Patients with Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus at Increased Risk for COVID-19 Infection?

Human pathogenic coronaviruses (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus [SARS-CoV] and SARSCoV-2) bind to their target cells through angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE2), which is expressed by epithelial cells of the lung, intestine, kidney, and blood vessels. The expression of ACE2 is substantially increased in patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, who are treated with ACE inhibitors and angiotensin II type-I receptor blockers (ARBs).

Are patients with hypertension and diabetes mellitus at increased risk for COVID-19 infection?

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