Ever since its discovery by Windhaus, the importance of the active metabolite of vitamin D (1,
25-dihydroxyvitamin D 3; 1, 25-(OH) 2D 3) has been ever expanding. In this review, the …

Type 1 diabetes is a chronic, immune-mediated disease characterised by the destruction of
insulin-producing cells. Standardised registry data show that type 1 diabetes incidence has …

Regulation of immune function continues to be one of the most well recognized extraskeletal
actions of vitamin D. This stemmed initially from the discovery that antigen presenting cells …

Vitamin D plays a pivotal role in the regulation of calcium-phosphorus metabolism,
particularly during pediatric age when nutritional rickets and impaired bone mass acquisition …

Background Vitamin D deficiency has been associated with type 1 diabetes in observational
studies, but evidence from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) is lacking. The aim of this …

We examined the association between plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25 (OH) D]
concentration and islet autoimmunity (IA) and whether vitamin D gene polymorphisms …

Vitamin D is a pleiotropic secosteroid yielding multiple actions in human physiology.
Besides the canonical regulatory activity on bone metabolism, several non-classical actions …

Background A systematic review was commissioned to support an international expert group
charged to update the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO)/World …

It remains debatable whether vitamin D plays any role as a risk factor for type 1 diabetes
mellitus (T1DM). We have summarized the effect of circulating 25-hydroxy vitamin D [25 …

OBJECTIVE Circumstantial evidence links 25-hydroxy vitamin D [25 (OH) D], vitamin D–
binding protein (DBP), vitamin D–associated genes, and type 1 diabetes (T1D), but no …