Vitamin D (VD) plays an essential role in mineral homeostasis and bone remodeling. A
number of different VD-related genes (VDRG) are required for the metabolic activation of VD …

Viral infections have been a cause of mortality for several centuries and continue to
endanger the lives of many, specifically of the younger population. Vitamin D has long been …

Vitamin D (VD) is a fat-soluble steroid essential for life in higher animals. It is technically a
pro-hormone present in few food types and produced endogenously in the skin by a …

The pleiotropic role of vitamin D has been explored over the past decades and there is
compelling evidence for an epidemiological association between poor vitamin D status and …

Historically, vitamin D is recognized as an essential component for the maintenance of the
musculoskeletal system. The immunomodulatory role of vitamin D in health and disease has …

Vitamin D has long been recognized as essential to the skeletal system. Newer evidence
suggests that it also plays a major role regulating the immune system, perhaps including …

Vitamin D (VitD), which is well known for its classic role in the maintenance of bone mineral
density, has now become increasingly studied for its extra-skeletal roles. It has an important …

Vitamin D (vit D) is widely known for its role in calcium metabolism and its importance for the
bone system. However, various studies have revealed a myriad of extra-skeletal functions …

The active form of vitamin D has effects on both innate and adaptive immune responses that
may influence the outcome in many infectious diseases. Observational studies conclusively …

The discovery of vitamin D receptor (VDR) expression in immune cells has opened up a new
area of research into immunoregulation by vitamin D, a niche that is distinct from its classical …