Vitamin D deficiency causes deficits in lung function and alters lung structure.

Abstract

Vitamin D deficiency causes deficits in lung function that are primarily explained by differences in lung volume.

This study is the first to provide direct mechanistic evidence linking vitamin D deficiency and lung development, which may explain the association between obstructive lung disease and vitamin D status.

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Subjects

• Animals
• Disease Models, Animal
• Female
• Lung
• Lung Volume Measurements
• Mice
• Mice, Inbred BALB C
• Organ Size
• Plethysmography
• Respiratory Function Tests
• Vitamin D Deficiency

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Authors

• Graeme R Zosky
• Luke J Berry
• John G Elliot
• Alan L James
• Shelley Gorman
• Prue H Hart

Publication date

2011-05-20

Journal

Journal topics

• Critical Care
• Respiratory Tract Diseases

Language

Eng.

Copyright

American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia. graemez [at] ichr.uwa.edu.au

Release reference

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2011 May;183(10):1336-43

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