Effects of Vitamin D on Respiratory Function and Immune Status for Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

The efficacy of vitamin D therapy for patients with COPD: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

(2020) Xiaoyan Li et al.   Annals of Palliative Medicine

Impact of vitamin D on spirometry findings and quality of life in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial

(2019) Ali Alavi Foumani et al.   International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Vitamin D3-vitamin D receptor axis suppresses pulmonary emphysema by maintaining alveolar macrophage homeostasis and function

(2019) Guangan Hu et al.   EBioMedicine

Autoimmunity and COPD

(2018) Gaetano Caramori et al.   CHEST

Secondhand Smoke Induces Inflammation and Impairs Immunity to Respiratory Infections

(2018) Tariq A. Bhat et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Prevalence and risk factors of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in China (the China Pulmonary Health [CPH] study): a national cross-sectional study

(2018) Chen Wang et al.   LANCET

Air Pollution and COPD Exacerbations: When Prevention Becomes Feasible

(2018) Isabella Annesi-Maesano   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Role of inflammatory cells in airway remodeling in COPD

(2018) Yujie Wang et al.   International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Effects of PM2.5 exposure on the Notch signaling pathway and immune imbalance in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

(2017) Xing-yu Gu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Bronchial inflammation and bacterial load in stable COPD is associated with TLR4 overexpression

(2017) Antonino Di Stefano et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

(2017) Klaus F Rabe et al.   LANCET

Airway inflammation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): a true paradox

(2017) Mathew Suji Eapen et al.   Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine

Enhanced activation of circulating plasmacytoid dendritic cells in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and experimental smoking-induced emphysema

(2017) Shi-lin Qiu et al.   CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Tc17 cells are associated with cigarette smoke-induced lung inflammation and emphysema

(2015) Hongbin Zhou et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Vitamin D deficiency is associated with the severity of COPD: a systematic review and meta-analysis

(2015) Zhiwen Zheng et al.   International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Respiratory Epithelial Cells Convert Inactive Vitamin D to Its Active Form: Potential Effects on Host Defense

(2014) S. Hansdottir et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Cigarette Smoking Promotes Inflammation in Patients with COPD by Affecting the Polarization and Survival of Th/Tregs through Up-Regulation of Muscarinic Receptor 3 and 5 Expression

(2014) Ming-Qiang Zhang et al.   PLoS One

T cell depletion protects against alveolar destruction due to chronic cigarette smoke exposure in mice

(2013) Patricia L. Podolin et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LUNG CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY

High Doses of Vitamin D to Reduce Exacerbations in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

(2013) An Lehouck et al.   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

No Association of 25-Hydroxyvitamin D With Exacerbations in Primary Care Patients With COPD

(2013) Milo A. Puhan et al.   CHEST

Supplemental vitamin D and physical performance in COPD: a pilot randomized trial

(2013) Ken Kunisaki et al.   International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Reduced apoptosis of CD8+ T-Lymphocytes in the airways of smokers with mild/moderate COPD

(2011) Liboria Siena et al.   RESPIRATORY MEDICINE

Increase of Th17 cells in peripheral blood of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

(2011) María Inés Vargas-Rojas et al.   RESPIRATORY MEDICINE

Vitamin D Beyond Bones in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

(2009) Wim Janssens et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent in COPD and correlates with variants in the vitamin D-binding gene

(2009) W. Janssens et al.   THORAX

Vitamin D signaling in immune-mediated disorders: Evolving insights and therapeutic opportunities

(2008) Femke Baeke et al.   MOLECULAR ASPECTS OF MEDICINE

GRADE: an emerging consensus on rating quality of evidence and strength of recommendations

(2008) Gordon H Guyatt et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal