Vitamin D3 Treatment Decreases Frequencies of CD16-Positive and TNF-α-Secreting Monocytes in Asthmatic Patients

Background: Previously, we demonstrated that glucocorticoid (GC) treatment of asthmatic patients resulted in decreasing frequencies of monocyte subsets expressing CD16 and capable of releasing TNF-α. Here, we wished to analyze whether the active form of vitamin D, i.e. vitamin D 3 , referred to as 1...

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