Over the past few decades, vitamin D deficiency has been recognized as a serious global
public health challenge. The World Health Organization has recommended fortification of …

Aims To identify potential risk factors for myopia in children and adolescents and assess the
credibility of each evidence, providing reference for the development of myopia prevention …

Vitamin D is a fat-soluble secosteroid that exists in two forms: vitamin D2 and vitamin D3 [1].
While plants and fungi produce vitamin D2 from ergosterol [2], human skin produces vitamin …

Aims Bariatric surgery is used to induce weight loss and glycemic stability in type 2 diabetes
(T2D). It has been a concern that this may lead to early worsening of diabetic retinopathy …

Purpose: To determine the role of calcipotriol, a vitamin D3 analogue, in myopia
development and altering the expression of scleral α1 chain of type I collagen (Col1α1) in …

Background Vitamin D plays a critical role in immunomodulation, and its deficiency is
implicated in the pathogenesis of several autoimmune diseases. Nevertheless, its …

Background Ophthalmic in situ gel is a novel preparation. It can be instilled into the eye as a
liquid but gels upon contact with the ocular surface, generating a sustained-release depot of …

Background To present the effects of vitamin D insufficiency on the choroidal vascularity
index, central choroid and central macula. Methods 42 eyes of 42 patients with vitamin D …

Background: Vitamin D deficiency has been associated with dry eye development during
Sjögren's syndrome (SS). Here, we investigated whether repeated oral vitamin D3 …

Background: Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) has been the leading cause of
irreversible blindness in industrialized countries. Emerging data suggest that serum vitamin …