Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to a declaration of a
Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the World Health Organization. As of …

Background: Open Access Editor's Choice Systematic Review COVID-19 Mortality Risk
Correlates Inversely with Vitamin D3 Status, and a Mortality Rate Close to Zero Could …

Regulation of immune function continues to be one of the most well recognized extraskeletal
actions of vitamin D. This stemmed initially from the discovery that antigen presenting cells …

Vitamin D generates many extraskeletal effects due to the vitamin D receptor (VDR) which is
present in most tissues throughout the body. The possible role of vitamin D in infections is …

Vitamin D has been reported to influence physiological systems that extend far beyond its
established functions in calcium and bone homeostasis. Prominent amongst these are the …

Vitamin D plays an important role in calcium homeostasis and bone metabolism, with the
capacity to modulate innate and adaptive immune function, cardiovascular function, and …

Vitamin D is a hormone that acts on many genes expressed by immune cells. Evidence
linking vitamin D deficiency with COVID-19 severity is circumstantial but considerable—links …

Vitamin D is a major steroid hormone that is gaining attention as a therapeutic molecule.
Due to the general awareness of its importance for the overall well-being, vitamin D …

Sun exposure is the main source of vitamin D. Due to many lifestyle risk factors vitamin D
deficiency/insufficiency is becoming a worldwide health problem. Low 25 (OH) D …

Objetivo Apresentar uma atualização sobre o diagnóstico e tratamento da hipovitaminose D
baseada nas mais recentes evidências científicas. Materiais e métodos O Departamento de …