ALLERGY AND ASTHMA PROCEEDINGS, cilt.36, sa.4, 2015 (SCI-Expanded)
Background: Recent evidence about the various effects of vitamin D (vit D) on innate and adaptive immunity has led to a search for the role of vit D in asthma. It is postulated that a decrease in cathelicidin, a multifunctional host defense molecule, production due to low vit D status may predispose to infectious complications in children with asthma.