The prevalence of hypovitaminosis D has risen in developed countries over the past few
years in association with lifestyle changes and an increase in unhealthy habits. Vitamin D …

Context Over the last decade, vitamin D has emerged as a risk determinant for type 2
diabetes and vitamin D supplementation has been hypothesized as a potential intervention …

Vitamin D is a hormone involved in many physiological processes. Its active form, 1, 25 (OH)
2D3, modulates serum calcium–phosphate homeostasis and skeletal homeostasis. A …

Observational studies have shown a negative correlation between Vitamin D level and the
likelihood of developing insulin resistance (IR) and/or diabetes over time, yet evidence …

Epidemiological data predict a dramatic increase in the prevalence of diabetes and of
diabetic retinopathy (DR)–the most common complication of diabetes-for which however we …

Over the last decades, epidemiology and functional studies have started to reveal a pivotal
role of vitamin D in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes pathogenesis. Acting through the vitamin …

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a complex metabolic disorder involving multiple deleterious
molecular pathways and cellular defects leading to disturbance in the biologic milieu. It is …

Metabolic syndrome (MetSyn) is a precursor for several cardiometabolic diseases such as
obesity, type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and cardiovascular diseases. Emerging evidence …

Muscle loss is an important feature that occurs in multiple pathologies including
osteoarthritis (OA), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and type II diabetes …

肝脏超声检查是筛查非酒精性脂肪性肝病(NAFLD) 的首选方法, 肝组织活检是诊断非酒精性
脂肪性肝炎(NASH) 的金标准, 目前对于NASH 和肝纤维化的无创检测手段主要有氢质子磁共振 …