Solar Radiation and Vitamin D: Mitigating Environmental Factors in Autoimmune Disease

Table 1

Agents that trigger autoimmune disease.

Infections	Epstein-Barr’s virus, cytomegalovirus, parvovirus, enteropathogenic bacteria
Vaccine immunogens	Multiple sclerosis, Guillain-Barre’s syndrome, autism, rheumatoid arthritis, reactive arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, diabetes, vasculitis, dermatomyositis, polyarteritis nodosa
Adjuvants used to enhance immune response	Lupus erythematosus, brain directed autoantibodies, arthritis, nephritis
Birth control, pregnancy	Autoimmune thyroid disease
Smoking	Rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, multiple sclerosis, Graves’ hyperthyroidism, Crohn’s disease
Stress	Type 1 diabetes, Grave’s disease

Adapted from [3, 4].