Current Issues in Pharmacy and Medical Sciences (Jun 2024)

Seasonal changes and sex differences in peripheral blood γδ T and iNKT cells in healthy Polish adults

  • Karamus Kornelia,
  • Szychta Pawel,
  • Lehman Natalia,
  • Kowalska Wioleta,
  • Bojarska-Junak Agnieszka,
  • Zarobkiewicz Michal Konrad

DOI
https://doi.org/10.2478/cipms-2024-0018
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 37, no. 2
pp. 110 – 113

Abstract

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Vitamin D regulates not only bone metabolism but also many other processes, including the functioning of lymphocytes. Human T cells have a nuclear receptor for vitamin D (VDR). Studies to date have shown significant seasonal variations in conventional T cell populations in humans living in temperate climates.

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