Association of Vitamin D with CRP as A Diagnostic Marker of Cytokine Storm in COVID-19 Patients

Authors

  • Samina Gul Faculty of Medicine, Lab of Molecular Genetics of Aging and Tumor, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Chenggong Campus, Kunming,Yunnan Province 650500, China
  • Muhammad Ajmal Khan Division of Life Science, Center for Cancer Research, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon. Hong Kong

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31344/ijhhs.v6i4.473

Keywords:

COVID-19, cytokine storm, C- reactive protein, vitamin D

Abstract

The novel corona virus disease (COVID-19) outbreak imposed the catastrophic impact on the communities worldwide. Recentevidence suggests that vitamin D is one of the important factors that affects the COVID-19 disease severity and the mortality increased in the vitamin D deficient COVID-19 patients. Since C- reactive protein (CRP)is an indicator of inflammation, an increase in levels of Vitamin D hence leads to the decrease in cytokines which ultimately affects the degree of C reactive proteins in the patients. In this review, we have focusedhere on the association between vitamin D and surrogate marker C- reactive protein (CRP)in cytokine storms in COVID-19 patients.

International Journal of Human and Health Sciences Vol. 06 No. 04 Oct’22 Page: 355-361

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Published

2022-09-18

How to Cite

Gul, S., & Khan, M. A. (2022). Association of Vitamin D with CRP as A Diagnostic Marker of Cytokine Storm in COVID-19 Patients. International Journal of Human and Health Sciences (IJHHS), 6(4), 355–361. https://doi.org/10.31344/ijhhs.v6i4.473

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 4 (2022)

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Review Articles

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