Vitamin D supplementation can prevent and cure nutritional rickets in infants and children.
Preclinical and observational data suggest that the vitamin D endocrine system has a wide …

Although observational studies of health outcomes generally suggest beneficial effects with,
or following, higher serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25 (OH) D] concentrations, randomized …

Aims Low vitamin D status is associated with a higher risk for cardiovascular diseases
(CVDs). Although most existing linear Mendelian randomization (MR) studies reported a null …

Background: Low vitamin D status is associated with increased mortality, but randomized
trials on severely deficient participants are lacking. Objective: To assess genetic evidence …

This assessment by the Environmental Effects Assessment Panel (EEAP) of the United
Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) provides the latest scientific update since our …

Background Low vitamin D status is often associated with systemic low-grade inflammation
as reflected by elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) levels. We investigated the causality and …

Background Higher vitamin D status has been suggested to have beneficial effects on the
brain. Objectives To investigate the association between 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25 (OH) D] …

Twenty of the last one hundred years of vitamin D research have involved investigations of
the brain as a target organ for this hormone. Our group was one of the first to investigate …

For at least 1.2 billion years, eukaryotes have been able to synthesize sterols and, therefore,
can produce vitamin D when exposed to UV-B. Vitamin D endocrinology was established …

Observational studies, randomized controlled trials (RCTs), and Mendelian randomization
(MR) studies have yielded inconsistent results on the associations of vitamin D …