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14.1. Association of vitamin D levels, race/ethnicity, and clinical characteristics with COVID-19 test results

Meltzer David O , Best Thomas J , Zhang Hui , Vokes Tamara , Arora Vineet M , Solway Julian

JAMA Netw Open. 2021;4(3):e214117. https://bit.ly/3zopFZ4This prospective observational cohort study (n=4638) measured vitamin D level in the year before undergoing COVID-19 testing. The risk of a positive COVID-19 test in Black, but not White, individuals was 2.64-fold higher if vitamin D level was 30–40 ng/ml compared to > 40 ng/ml.Vitamin D may improve immune functi...

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14.11. Ageing hallmarks exhibit organ-specific temporal signatures

Schaum Nicholas , Lehallier Benoit , Hahn Oliver , Palovics Robert , Hosseinzadeh Shayan , Lee Song E , Sit Rene , Lee Davis P , Losada Patricia Moran , Zardeneta Macy E , Fehlmann Tobias , Webber James T , McGeever Aaron , Calcuttawala Kruti , Zhang Hui , Berdnik Daniela , Mathur Vidhu , Tan Weilun , Zee Alexander , Tan Michelle , The Tabula Muris Consortium , Pisco Angela Oliveira , Karkanias Jim , Neff Norma F , Keller Andreas , Darmanis Spyros , Quake Stephen R , Wyss-Coray Tony

Nature 2020; 583: 596–602https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2499-yIn order to understand the cellular processes that underlie ageing, the authors performed plasma proteomics at 10 different ages across the lifespan of the mouse. They integrated these data with a parallel large study published alongside this paper in the same edition (1), which describes the ‘Mouse ...