Background: Classically, vitamin D has been implicated in bone health by promoting
calcium absorption in the gut and maintenance of serum calcium and phosphate …

There is no doubt that vitamin D plays a crucial role in the maintenance of musculoskeletal
system. But the function of this ancient molecule presumably ranges far beyond hormone …

In recent years, vitamin D has been received increased attention due to the resurgence of
vitamin D deficiency and rickets in developed countries and the identification of extraskeletal …

Vitamin D is one of the oldest hormones that have been made in the earliest life forms for
over 750 million years. Phytoplankton, zooplankton, and most plants and animals that are …

The classical function of Vitamin D, which involves mineral balance and skeletal
maintenance, has been known for many years. With the discovery of vitamin D receptors in …

General knowledge of the role of vitamin D3 in human physiology has been shaped by its
discovery as a preventive agent of nutritional rickets, a defect in bone development due to …

The novel roles of vitamin D were discovered and valued in this century. In addition to the
maintenance of calcium and phosphorus balance, vitamin D regulates the function of the …

Vitamin D is currently one of the hottest topics in research and clinics, as well as in everyday
life. Over the past decades, scientists gathered overwhelming evidence indicating that the …

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 …

Vitamin D is the major regulator of calcium homeostasis and protects the organism from
calcium deficiency via effects on the intestine, kidney, parathyroid gland, and bone …