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cord-354900-bzv4yhqi	Jawhara, Samir	How to boost the immune defence prior to respiratory virus infections with the special focus on coronavirus infections	2020-10-12		.txt	text/plain	3691	162	34	During the period of home confinement facing individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic, our immune defence could be weakened by different factors, including stress, anxiety and poor nutrition, while a healthy diet rich in vitamins C and D can reinforce the immune defence and reduce the risk of microbial infections. This short review focuses on the role of baker's yeast β-glucan, with a healthy diet rich in natural vitamins C and D, in addition to a healthy gut microbiota can provide synergistic immune system support, helping the body to naturally defend prior to respiratory virus infections, until stronger options such as vaccines are available. Of note, the SARS-CoV-2 particles first invade the respiratory mucosa and infect other cell types, causing a series of immune responses and the overproduction of cytokines 'cytokine storm' , which may be related to the critical condition of COVID-19 patients [21] .	./cache/cord-354900-bzv4yhqi.txt	./txt/cord-354900-bzv4yhqi.txt