Abstract The 2 nd International Conference on Controversies in Vitamin D was held in
Monteriggioni (Siena), Italy, September 11-14, 2018. The aim of this meeting was to address …

1, 25-Dihydroxvitamin D3 [1, 25 (OH) 2D3] is the hormonally active form of vitamin D. The
genomic mechanism of 1, 25 (OH) 2D3 action involves the direct binding of the 1, 25 (OH) …

Vitamin D plays a classical hormonal role in skeletal health by regulating calcium and
phosphorus metabolism. Vitamin D metabolites also have physiological functions in …

Background: During the past decade, an increasing number of prospective studies have
focused on the association between vitamin D and cardiovascular disease (CVD). However …

Vitamin D is a hormone that interacts with intranuclear receptors to effect transcriptional
changes in many cell types including those in gut, bone, breast, prostate, brain, skeletal …

Vitamin D deficiency, prevalent in 30–50% of adults in developed countries, is largely due to
inadequate cutaneous production that results from decreased exposure to sunlight, and to a …

Vitamin D is produced in response to the exposure of skin to sunlight through UV-B
synthesis. It can also be obtained from diet and dietary supplements. Vitamin D is essential …

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of isolated vitamin D (VD) supplementation
on the metabolic syndrome (MetS) risk profile in postmenopausal women. Methods: In this …

Vitamin D is very important in maintaining children's bone health because of its regulatory
role in calcium and phosphate metabolism. To better understand vitamin D status and …

Background In recent years, much evidence suggested that vitamin D plays an important
role in decreasing the risk of type 2 diabetes. The purpose of this study was to investigate …