Controversy in content and action of human extrathyroidal iodine
· March 2020 . DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.29828.68481 , IODINE _ Lab: Sebastiano Venturi's Lab
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CONCLUSION Venturi studied goiter and cretinism and the action of iodine in stomach, breast, brain, skin, saliva and immunity [ 41]. This action is clearly shown in the below figures and references. The function of extrathyroidal iodine is an important new area of investigation, which might be useful for the study of antioxidant mechanism, carcinogenesis, immunity, atherosclerosis and other neurologic, retinic [43] and degenerative diseases, and also for study of human and life evolution.
In these times it is interesting also to report the known antibacterial action and (in this age of COVID-19) the studies on the effective antiviral action of iodide, in particular regarding the respiratory tract, bronchial mucus and the saliva, the latter forming the infectious droplets of respiratory viruses [18, 44, 45]. ----------oo000---------
REFERENCES 18. Venturi, S., & Venturi, M. (2009-a). Iodine in Evolution of Salivary Glands and in Oral Health. Nutr. Health, 20: 119-34.
44. Derscheid RJ1, van Geelen A, Berkebile AR, et al. (2014). Increased concentration of iodide in airway secretions is associated with reduced respiratory syncytial virus disease severity. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 50(2):389-97.
45. .Fischer AJ1, Lennemann NJ, Krishnamurthy S, et al. (2011). Enhancement of respiratory mucosal antiviral defenses by the oxidation of iodide. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 45(4):874-81.
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