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Fig. 2 | Respiratory Research

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From: Vitamin D and allergic airway disease shape the murine lung microbiome in a sex-specific manner

Fig. 2

Vitamin D deficiency reduced serum 25(OH)D levels but had no effect on BALF 25(OH)D levels. Female BALB/c mice (dams) were fed vitamin D-containing (VitD+) or vitamin D-null (VitD-) diets from 3 weeks of age and used to produce offspring. A subgroup of the vitamin D-deficient offspring was fed a vitamin D-supplemented diet from 8 weeks of age (VitD−to vitD+). In (a), serum 25(OH)D levels in offspring at 8 and 12 weeks of age (mean ± SEM for ≥5 mice per group). In (b) BALF 25(OH)D levels in offspring at 12 weeks of age (mean ± SEM for ≥3 mice per group, the broken line indicates the level of detection (LOD) for 25(OH)D; 7 pg/ml). (*p < 0.05)

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