Seasonal Variation in Vitamin D3 Levels Is Paralleled by Changes in the Peripheral Blood Human T Cell Compartment

Ai-Leng Khoo; Hans J. P. M. Koenen; Louis Y. A. Chai; Fred C. G. J. Sweep; Mihai G. Netea; André J. A. M. van der Ven; Irma Joosten

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0029250

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Seasonal Variation in Vitamin D₃ Levels Is Paralleled by Changes in the Peripheral Blood Human T Cell Compartment

Ai-Leng Khoo ,

* E-mail: louisaileng@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Department of Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Nijmegen Institute for Infection, Inflammation and Immunity, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Hans J. P. M. Koenen,

Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Nijmegen Institute for Infection, Inflammation and Immunity, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Louis Y. A. Chai,

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Nijmegen Institute for Infection, Inflammation and Immunity, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Department of Medicine, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore
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Fred C. G. J. Sweep,

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Mihai G. Netea,

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Nijmegen Institute for Infection, Inflammation and Immunity, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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André J. A. M. van der Ven,

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Nijmegen Institute for Infection, Inflammation and Immunity, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Irma Joosten

Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Nijmegen Institute for Infection, Inflammation and Immunity, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Seasonal Variation in Vitamin D₃ Levels Is Paralleled by Changes in the Peripheral Blood Human T Cell Compartment

Ai-Leng Khoo,
Hans J. P. M. Koenen,
Louis Y. A. Chai,
Fred C. G. J. Sweep,
Mihai G. Netea,
André J. A. M. van der Ven,
Irma Joosten

Published: January 3, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0029250

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