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Vitamin D may protect against placental infection: Study

Published December 2, 2008, 10:03 am, Nutraingredients.com

Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) report that production of an antimicrobial protein called cathelicidin was stimulated when trophoblasts - cells that develop to make up a major part of the placenta – were exposed to the active form of vitamin D (1,25(OH)2D).

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