Advances on efficacy and mechanism of vitamin D3 in adjuvant therapy of mycobacterium tuberculosis infection / 中华临床感染病杂志

ABSTRACT

Every year more than 10 million people newly infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) worldwide, which seriously threats human health and life. The anti-MTB infection drugs are constantly developed and updated. Vitamin D3 is a drug which can regulate the immune system, its effect on MTB infection has attracted more and more attention. This article reviews the clinical efficacy of vitamin D3 in adjuvant therapy for MTB infection, and its mechanism in regulating the innate and adaptive immune system, to provide insight for treatment of MTB infection.