TY - JOUR AU - Entrenas Castillo, Marta AU - Entrenas Costa, Luis Manuel AU - Vaquero Barrios, José Manuel AU - Alcalá Díaz, Juan Francisco AU - López Miranda, José AU - Bouillon, Roger AU - Quesada Gomez, José Manuel PY - 2020 DO - 0.1016/j.jsbmb.2020.105751 SN - 0960-0760 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10668/3215 T2 - Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology AB - Objective: The vitamin D endocrine system may have a variety of actions on cells and tissues involved in COVID-19 progression especially by decreasing the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Calcifediol can rapidly increase serum 25OHD concentration.... LA - en PB - Elsevier Ltd. KW - COVID-19 KW - SARS-CoV-2 KW - Vitamin D KW - Vitamin D3 or calcitriol KW - Calcifediol or 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 KW - 1α, 25(OH)2D or 1α, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D or calcitriol KW - Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) KW - Cytokine/Chemokine storm KW - Renin-angiotensin system KW - Hypercoagulability KW - Hydroxychloroquine KW - Chloroquine KW - Covidiol KW - Neutrophil activity KW - Vitamin D endocrine system KW - Cuboidal alveolar coating cells type II KW - Cathelicidin peptide KW - Defensins KW - TLR co-receptor CD14 KW - Vitamin D receptor KW - Medical Subject Headings::Chemicals and Drugs::Chemical Actions and Uses::Pharmacologic Actions::Physiological Effects of Drugs::Bone Density Conservation Agents KW - Medical Subject Headings::Chemicals and Drugs::Polycyclic Compounds::Steroids::Secosteroids::Vitamin D::Cholecalciferol::Hydroxycholecalciferols::Calcifediol KW - Medical Subject Headings::Diseases::Virus Diseases::RNA Virus Infections::Nidovirales Infections::Coronaviridae Infections::Coronavirus Infections KW - Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Epidemiologic Research Design::Double-Blind Method KW - Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Therapeutics::Patient Care::Hospitalization KW - Medical Subject Headings::Check Tags::Female KW - Medical Subject Headings::Organisms::Eukaryota::Animals::Chordata::Vertebrates::Mammals::Primates::Haplorhini::Catarrhini::Hominidae::Humans KW - Medical Subject Headings::Check Tags::Male KW - Medical Subject Headings::Health Care::Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services::Health Facilities::Hospital Units::Intensive Care Units KW - Medical Subject Headings::Persons::Persons::Age Groups::Adult::Middle Aged KW - Medical Subject Headings::Health Care::Environment and Public Health::Public Health::Disease Outbreaks::Epidemics::Pandemics KW - Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Epidemiologic Study Characteristics as Topic::Pilot Projects KW - Medical Subject Headings::Diseases::Respiratory Tract Diseases::Respiratory Tract Infections::Pneumonia KW - Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Diagnosis::Prognosis TI - Effect of calcifediol treatment and best available therapy versus best available therapy on intensive care unit admission and mortality among patients hospitalized for COVID-19: A pilot randomized clinical study. TY - research article ER -