Vitamin D impairs immune cell trafficking in mouse model of multiple sclerosis

In mice with a rodent form of multiple sclerosis , vitamin D appears to block damage-causing immune cells from migrating to the central nervous system, offering a potential explanation for why the so-called "sunshine vitamin" may prevent or ease symptoms of the neurodegenerative disease, according to results of a study at Johns Hopkins.

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