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Vitamin D receptor (VDR) signaling regulates immune responses, but the role of the VDR and its interaction with parathyroid hormone (PTH) in host resistance to H1N1 influenza infection is not understood.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Global VDR knockout (KO) mice, or myeloid (M) deletion of the VDR (M-VDR KO) and the respective wildtype (WT) littermates were infected with H1N1 influenza virus. Additional experiments treated WT mice with intermittent PTH or vehicle and then infected them with a H1N1 influenza A virus. Disease severity, mortality, viral burden and clearance, lung pathology, and inflammatory cytokine responses were evaluated.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>H1N1 influenza infection of WT mice resulted in non-lethal disease, whereas VDR KO mice had 21% mortality, delayed viral clearance, more severe symptoms and lung pathology. The increased severity of respiratory disease was accompanied by higher type I and II interferon responses in the lungs. M-VDR KO mice had increased disease severity and delayed viral clearance compared to WT littermates. PTH-treated WT mice had increased clinical scores, influenza M gene, and cytokine responses compared to vehicle treated WT mice.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The work describes a novel paradigm in which the vitamin D-PTH axis governs host resistance to influenza virus disease by controlling the amount of inflammation and the amount of virus in the lung. 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