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Vitamin D Found To Fight Placental Infection

Published December 2, 2008, 6:12 am, Medical News Today

In a paper available at the online site of the journal Biology of Reproduction, a team of UCLA researchers reports for the first time that vitamin D induces immune responses in placental tissues by stimulating production of the antimicrobial protein cathelicidin.

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