Once foods in the United States were fortified with vitamin D, rickets appeared to have been
conquered, and many considered major health problems from vitamin D deficiency resolved …

It is now clear that vitamin D has important roles in addition to its classic effects on calcium
and bone homeostasis. As the vitamin D receptor is expressed on immune cells (B cells, T …

Purpose Older adults are more likely to be vitamin D deficient. The aim of the study was to
determine whether these patients have worse outcomes with COVID-19. Methods We …

1, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1, 25 (OH) 2D3), the active form of vitamin D, is known to
regulate calcium and phosphorus metabolism, thus being a key-player in bone-formation …

Vitamins are essential constituents of our diet that have long been known to influence the
immune system. Vitamins A and D have received particular attention in recent years as …

Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory disease with a strong genetic component that can be
triggered by environmental factors. Disease pathogenesis is mainly driven by type 1 and …

Bile acids are a group of chemically different steroids generated at the host/microbial
interface. Indeed, while primary bile acids are the end-product of cholesterol breakdown in …

Vitamin D has received increased attention recently for its pleiotropic actions on many
chronic diseases. The importance of vitamin D on the regulation of cells of the immune …

The active metabolite of vitamin D, 1α, 25‐dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1, 25 (OH) 2D3], is involved
in calcium and phosphate metabolism and exerts a large number of biological effects …

This review of literature attempts to identify the factors that are involved in the pathogenesis
of Hashimoto thyroiditis, an immune defect in an individual with genetic susceptibility …