Vitamin e and D regulation of allergic asthma immunopathogenesis

Joan M. Cook-Mills*, Pedro C. Avila

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Asthma occurs as complex interactions of the environmental and genetics. Clinical studies and animal models of asthma indicate dietary factors such as vitamin E and vitamin D as protective for asthma risk. In this review, we discuss opposing regulatory functions of tocopherol isoforms of vitamin E and regulatory functions of vitamin D in asthma and how the variation in global prevalence of asthma may be explained, at least in part, by these dietary components.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)364-372
Number of pages9
JournalInternational Immunopharmacology
Volume23
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2014

Funding

Sources of support: This study was supported by the National Institutes of Health Grants R01 AT004837 (J.M.C-M.) and HL98096 (P.C.A.) and Ernest S. Bazley Grant .

Keywords

  • Animal models
  • Asthma-α-Tocopherol
  • Human
  • Vitamin D
  • γ-Tocopherol

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Immunology and Allergy
  • Pharmacology
  • Immunology

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