Impact of vitamin D status and cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide on adults with active pulmonary TB globally: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Ester Lilian AcenIrene Andia BiraroWilliam WorodriaMoses L JolobaBill NkeetoJoseph MusaaziDavid Patrick KateetePublished in: PloS one (2021)
This study demonstrated that active pulmonary tuberculosis disease is associated with hypovitaminosis D and elevated circulatory cathelicidin levels with low local LL-37 expression. This confirms that vitamin D status has a protective role against tuberculosis disease.