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Diet, Nutrition, Obesity, and Their Implications for COVID-19 Mortality: Development of a Marginalized Two-Part Model for Semicontinuous Data.

Background: Nutrition is not a treatment for COVID-19, but it is a modifiable contributor to the development of chronic disease,...

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COVID's Razor: RAS Imbalance, the Common Denominator Across Disparate, Unexpected Aspects of COVID-19.

A modern iteration of Occam's Razor posits that "the simplest explanation is usually correct." Coronavirus Disease 2019 involves widespread organ...

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Oxidative stress causes hypertension and activation of nuclear factor-κB after high-fructose and salt treatments.

There is evidence that diets rich in salt or simple sugars as fructose are associated with abnormalities in blood pressure...

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Modification of β-Defensin-2 by Dicarbonyls Methylglyoxal and Glyoxal Inhibits Antibacterial and Chemotactic Function In Vitro.

Background: Beta-defensins (hBDs) provide antimicrobial and chemotactic defense against bacterial, viral and fungal infections. Human β-defensin-2 (hBD-2) acts against gram-negative...

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Role of sugars in human neutrophilic phagocytosis

This study was designed to test a) whether carbohydrates other than glucose decreased the phagocytic capacity of neutrophils in normal...

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Association of Alopecia Areata with Vitamin D and Calcium Levels: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Introduction: To investigate the associations of alopecia areata (AA) with serum vitamin D and calcium levels.Methods: A systematic review of...

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Possible Roles of Vitamin D in Bone Grafting.

Bone grafting is one of the most commonly used options to treat large bone defects. Evidence has shown that vitamin...

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Cardiac autonomic dysfunctions are recovered with vitamin D replacement in apparently healthy individuals with vitamin D deficiency.

Background: Vitamin D (VitD) has important prohormone functions in a wide range of clinical processes. Although it is known that...

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Vitamin D Deficiency and Vasovagal Syncope in Children and Adolescents.

Aims: To investigate the association of vitamin D deficiency with cardiovascular autonomic nervous system function in children and adolescents with...

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