Adipose tissue plays an important role in systemic metabolism via the secretion of
adipocytokines and storing and releasing energy. In obesity, adipose tissue becomes …

Vitamin D deficiency has been linked to the onset of diabetes. This review summarizes the
role of Vitamin D in maintaining the normal release of insulin by the pancreatic beta cells (β …

Adipose tissue has long been identified as the major site of vitamin D storage. Recent
studies have demonstrated that VDR and vitamin D metabolizing enzymes are expressed in …

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is defined as a constellation of many metabolic disorders such
as hypertension, impaired glucose tolerance, dyslipidemia and obesity, being this last …

Observational studies classically find an inverse relationship between human plasma 25-
hydroxyvitamin D concentration and obesity. However, interventional and genetic studies …

In recent years, new functional roles of vitamin D beyond its traditional role in calcium
homoeostasis and bone metabolism have emerged linking the fat-soluble vitamin to various …

Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin and a steroid hormone that plays a central role in
maintaining calcium-phosphorus and bone homeostasis in close interaction with parathyroid …

Inflammation of adipose tissue is believed to be a contributing factor to many chronic
diseases associated with obesity. Vitamin D (VD) is now known to limit this metabolic …

Women with low levels of vitamin D have a higher risk of developing breast cancer.
Numerous studies associated the presence of a CD8+ T cell infiltration with a good …

This review was conducted to clarify both the complex interrelationship between adiposity
and vitamin D and the clinical implications of vitamin D status on metabolic abnormalities …