Clinical, epidemiological, and molecular studies have sufficiently highlighted the vitality of
vitamin D [25 (OH) D and 1, 25 (OH) 2D] in human health and wellbeing. Globally, vitamin D …

Vitamin D has long been known to be vital to bone health. More recently, vitamin D has been
shown to play a role in the risk of malignancy, infection, autoimmune disease, renal disease …

Vitamin D, the sunshine vitamin, has been important not only for the evolution of a healthy
calcified vertebrate skeleton but it also evolved into a hormone that has a wide diversity of …

Despite the numerous reports of the association of vitamin D with a spectrum of
development, disease treatment and health maintenance, vitamin D deficiency is common …

Introduction: Vitamin D has been primarily studied as an important factor influencing bone
and calcium metabolism. Metabolites of vitamin D are essential for whole-body calcium …

Vitamin D is widely known for its important role in bone health. More recent evidence
suggests that vitamin D may also play a protective role in many chronic conditions, including …

Beyond the well-accepted effects on the skeleton, low vitamin D status has been linked to
increased risk of several non-skeletal disease, including CVD. If low serum 25 …

Vitamin D deficiency is now being recognized as one of the most common medical
conditions worldwide. The consequences of vitamin D deficiency include poor bone …

Beyond its key role in calcium homeostasis, vitamin D has been found to significantly affect
the cardiovascular (CV) system. In fact, low vitamin D levels have been associated with …

Accumulating data support that vitamin D possesses several biological and molecular
actions apart from its role in calcium homeostasis. Immune cells express vitamin D receptor …