Clinical evaluation of vitamin D status and its relationship with disease activity and changes of intestinal immune function in patients with Crohn's disease in the Chinese population.
Yan YangXiufang CuiJiajia LiHaiyang WangYi LiYunzi ChenHong-Jie ZhangPublished in: Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology (2020)
Vitamin D deficiency in CD patients is common. Vitamin D is associated with disease activity and intestinal inflammation, which may affect the Treg/Th17 balance and the expression of gut TJ proteins.
Keyphrases
- disease activity
- rheumatoid arthritis
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- ankylosing spondylitis
- clinical evaluation
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- end stage renal disease
- oxidative stress
- newly diagnosed
- poor prognosis
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
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