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closeThe role of vitamin D in reducing risk of Alzheimer's disease
Posted by wbgrant on 09 Mar 2010 at 00:41 GMT
Several recent papers have suggested that vitamin D reduces the risk of Alzheimer's disease. Vitamin D induces production of LL-37. Higher serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels have been found inversely correlated with incidence and/or mortality from several bacterial and viral infections. Therefore, the current paper, providing additional support for the hypothesis that infections are an important risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, supports the hypothesis that vitamin D reduces the risk of Alzheimer's disease.
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