Beyond its established role in bone and mineral homeostasis, there is emerging evidence
that vitamin D exerts a range of effects in skeletal muscle. Reports of profound muscle …

Further studies are needed to fully characterize the underlying mechanisms of vitamin D
action in human muscle tissue, to understand how these actions translate into changes in …

Accompanying the high rates of vitamin D deficiency observed in many countries, there is
increasing interest in the physiological functions of vitamin D. Vitamin D is recognized to …

This review aims to summarize current knowledge on the role of vitamin D in skeletal muscle
tissue and function. Vitamin D deficiency can cause a myopathy of varying severity. Clinical …

Vitamin D deficiency is an increasingly described phenomenon worldwide, with well‐known
impacts on calcium metabolism and bone health. Vitamin D has also been associated with …

Beyond the established roles of vitamin D in bone and mineral homeostasis, we are
becoming increasingly aware of its diverse effects in skeletal muscle. Subjects with severe …

Vitamin D receptor expression and associated function have been reported in various
muscle models, including C2C12, L6 cell lines and primary human skeletal muscle cells. It is …

It is thought that every cell in the body expresses the vitamin D receptor, and therefore
vitamin D may play a role in health and homeostasis of every organ system, including …

I. Introduction V ITAMIN D plays an essential role in vertebrates. In concert with the two
peptide hormones PTH and calcitonin, vitamin D mediates calcium and phosphorus …

This review discusses the clinical and laboratory studies that have examined a role of
vitamin D in skeletal muscle. Many observational studies, mainly in older populations …