Patrick Ip

Mar 22, 2024 | cell.com | Gilbert T. Chua |Paediatric Haematology |Macau SAR |Patrick Ip

Highlights•Elevated serum NK-stimulatory cytokines found in vaccine-related myocarditis•CD57+ NK cell abundance positively correlates with the elevated cTnT level•CD57+ NK cells are more frequent in males and after second vaccine dose administration•Genetic mechanisms in NK cell activity impact vaccine-related myocarditis riskContext and significanceVaccine-related myocarditis, a rare yet potentially fatal side effect, is associated with mRNA COVID-19 vaccines.

Dec 26, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Hing Wai Tsang |Rosa S. Wong |Gilbert T. Chua |Patrick Ip

INTRODUCTION Vitamin D is a steroid hormone that has a significant regulatory role in bone mineralisation, calcium absorption and immune response activation (Lv et al., 2020; Rozmus et al., 2020). Vitamin D, with a circulatory form of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D), is essential for the health and development of infants and children.