ReviewCurrent allergy and asthma reports2012
Latitude, sunlight, vitamin D, and childhood food allergy/anaphylaxis.
Review in Current allergy and asthma reports, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 57 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Vitamin D, virus etiology, and atopy in first-time wheezing children in Finland.Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology · 2014Trial
- VITALITY - a longitudinal cohort established to assess the role of postnatal vitamin D supplementation in atopic disease and immune health.European journal of epidemiology · 2026Article
- Peripheral skin temperature during hospitalization and allergic disorders in non-NICU neonates >35 weeks.iScience · 2026Article
- Epigenetic Alterations in Perioperative Anaphylaxis Among Chinese Patients: A Case-Control Study Protocol.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Beneficial health effects of ultraviolet radiation: expert review and conference report.Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology · 2025Review
- Self-reported food allergies in early childhood in rural Australia.Frontiers in allergy · 2025Article
- Scoliosis school screening of 139,922 multi-ethnic children in Dali, southwestern China: A large epidemiological study.iScience · 2023Article
- Environmental Exposure to Foods as a Risk Factor for Food Allergy.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2023Review
- A Clinical Study to Evaluate the Role of Vitamin D3 in Allergic Rhinitis.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2022Article
- Pre- and Postnatal Vitamin D Status and Allergy Outcomes in Early Childhood.Biomedicines · 2022Review
- An Overview of Environmental Risk Factors for Food Allergy.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- The Influence of Sunlight Exposure and Sun Protecting Behaviours on Allergic Outcomes in Early Childhood.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Daily full spectrum light exposure prevents food allergy-like allergic diarrhea by modulating vitamin DNPJ biofilms and microbiomes · 2021Article
- Role of Vitamin D in Prevention of Food Allergy in Infants.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2020Review
- Pulmonary function and bronchial reactivity 4 years after the first virus-induced wheezing.Allergy · 2019Article
- Primary Prevention of Food Allergy.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2017Review
- Multifactorial Modulation of Food-Induced Anaphylaxis.Frontiers in immunology · 2017Review
- Sun Exposure and Its Effects on Human Health: Mechanisms through Which Sun Exposure Could Reduce the Risk of Developing Obesity and Cardiometabolic Dysfunction.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2016Review
- The rise of food allergy: Environmental factors and emerging treatments.EBioMedicine · 2016Review
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Authors and funding
2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
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Abstract
Vitamin D is widely known for its role in bone metabolism, but this sterol hormone also has important immunomodulatory properties. Vitamin D is produced by the conversion of D3 in the skin following UVB exposure, or after ingestion of D2 or D3. At the extremes of latitude, there is insufficient UVB intensity in the autumn and winter months for adequate synthesis of vitamin D to occur. Growing evidence implicates vitamin D deficiency in early life in the pathogenesis of nonskeletal disorders (e. g., type 1 diabetes and multiple sclerosis) and, more recently, atopic disorders. Several studies have reported higher rates of food allergy/anaphylaxis or proxy measures at higher absolute latitudes. Although causality remains to be determined, these studies suggest a possible role for sunlight and/or vitamin D in the pathogenesis of food allergy/anaphylaxis.
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