Viral Enfeksiyonlarda Vitamin ve Mineraller: COVID-19 Odağında Bir Derleme
Vitamins and Minerals in Viral Infections: A Review Focusing on COVID-19
Yazar: Karaağaç, Yasemin; Bellikci Koyu, Ezgi
Dergi: İzmir Katip Çelebi Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Dergisi, Vol. 5 No. 2, 2020
Anahtar kelimeler: Health Care Administration ; Sağlık Kurumları Yönetimi ; COVID-19,Immune system,Vitamins,Minerals,Nurition ; COVID-19,Bağışıklık sistemi,Vitaminler,Mineraller,Beslenme

ÖzetPandemi olarak kabul edilen koronavirüs hastalığı 2019 (COVID-19) ülkelerin sağlık sistemleri ve ekonomileri için önemli bir tehdit haline gelmiştir. Güncel durumda, bu virüs salgınını kesin olarak önleyebilen veya tedavi edebilen herhangi bir ilaç bulunmamaktadır. Bu nedenle, hastalıktan korunmak ve hastalığı yönetmek için sağlıklı bir bağışıklık sistemine sahip olmak önemlidir. Vitamin ve mineraller, sağlıklı bir bağışıklık yanıtının oluşturulmasında etkin rol oynayan ve vücudun enfeksiyonlara karşı olan direncini arttıran önemli besin ögeleridir. Vitamin ve minerallerin, makrofajlar, nötrofiller ve doğal öldürücü hücrelerin gelişiminin ve farklılaşmasının sağlanması, T ve B lenfosit yanıtının düzenlenmesi gibi bağışıklık sistemi üzerinde çeşitli etkileri mevcuttur. COVID-19 pandemisinde bu vitamin ve mineraller hem literatürde hem de medyada yaygın olarak tartışılmaya başlanmıştır. Bu nedenle, bu derlemede COVID-19 odağında viral enfeksiyonlarda vitamin ve minerallerin rolü incelenmiştir.Anahtar Kelimeler: COVID-19, bağışıklık sistemi, vitaminler, mineraller, beslenme.AbstractThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which is considered as a pandemic, has become an important threat to the health systems and economies of countries. Currently, there is no drug that can precisely treat this virus or prevent its outbreak. Thus, it is important to have a healthy immune system to prevent and manage the disease. Vitamins and minerals are important nutrients that play an active role in creating a healthy immune response and increasing the body’s resistance to infections. Vitamins and minerals have various impacts in the immune system regulation, such as ensuring the development and differentiation of macrophages, neutrophils, and natural killer cells, and regulating the T and B lymphocyte response. In the COVID-19 pandemic these vitamins and minerals has begun to be widely discussed both in the literature and in the media. Therefore, in this review, the role of vitamins and minerals in viral infections was investigated with a focus on COVID-19.Keywords: COVID-19, immune system, vitamins, minerals, nutrition.

Thecoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), considered as a pandemic, has become animportant threat to the health systems and economies of countries. Currently,there is no drug that can precisely prevent or treat this virus outbreak.Therefore, it is important to have a healthy immune system to prevent andmanage the disease. Vitamins and minerals are importantnutrients that play an active role in creating a healthy immune response andincreasing the body's resistance to infections. Vitamins andminerals have various roles in the immune system regulation such as ensuringthe development and differentiation of macrophages, neutrophils and natural killer cells and regulation of Tand B lymphocyte response. The potential role of these vitaminsand minerals in the COVID-19 pandemic has begun to be widely discussed both inthe literature and in the media. Therefore, in this review the role of vitaminsand minerals in viral infections was investigated with a focus on COVID-19.