Vitamin D is responsible for regulation of calcium and phosphate metabolism and
maintaining a healthy mineralized skeleton. It is also known as an immunomodulatory …

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 …

Vitamin D metabolizing enzymes and vitamin D receptors are present in many cell types
including various immune cells such as antigen-presenting-cells, T cells, B cells and …

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

Purpose Vitamin D is well known for its effects on bone mineralisation but has also been
attributed immunomodulatory properties. It positively influences human health, but in vivo …

Dried blood spots (DBS) typically consist in the deposition of small volumes of capillary
blood onto dedicated paper cards. Comparatively to whole blood or plasma samples, their …

Epidemiological studies reported that vitamin D deficiency represents an increasingly
widespread phenomenon in various populations. Vitamin D deficiency is considered a …

In the last few years, more attention has been given to the “non-calcemic” effect of vitamin D.
Several observational studies and meta-analyses demonstrated an association between …

In the last decade, an increasing awareness was directed to the role of Vitamin D in non-
skeletal and preventive roles for chronic diseases. Vitamin D is an essential hormone in …

Vitamin D is an important component of the endocrine system that controls calcium
homeostasis and bone mineralization. Because of the very short half-life of free serum …