Vitamin D deficiency is the most common nutritional deficiency, affecting almost one billion
people worldwide. Vitamin D is mostly known for its role in intestinal calcium absorption 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 …

Mitochondria are perhaps the most sophisticated and dynamic responsive sensing systems
in eukaryotic cells. The role of mitochondria goes beyond their capacity to create molecular …

Vitamin D deficiency and the rapid increase in the prevalence of obesity are both considered
important public health issues. The classical role of vitamin D is in Ca homoeostasis and …

The vitamin D hormone 1α, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1, 25 (OH) 2D3] is essential for the
preservation of serum calcium and phosphate levels but may also be important for the …

Despite the well-recognised role of vitamin D in a wide range of physiological processes,
hypovitaminosis is common worldwide (prevalence 30%-50%) presumably arising from …

Vitamin D deficiency has been clearly linked to major chronic diseases associated with
oxidative stress, inflammation, and aging, including cardiovascular and neurodegenerative …

BACKGROUND: Suboptimal vitamin D status is associated with endothelial dysfunction and
an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases but it is unclear whether vitamin D …

Several studies have shown that vitamin D may play a role in many biochemical
mechanisms in addition to bone and calcium metabolism. Recently, vitamin D has sparked …

Background Endothelial dysfunction has been proposed as the underlying cause of diabetic
angiopathy that eventually leads to cardiovascular disease, the major cause of death in …