Vitamin D – a new look in medicine and rheumatology
Journal Title: Advances in Hygiene and Experimental Medicine - Year 2014, Vol 68, Issue
Abstract
The research of the last decade pointed to the importance of vitamin D not only in bone metabolic processes, but also in immunologic and anticarcinogenic processes. Thus, its common insufficiency is related to serious health consequences – e.g. increased mortality and morbidity caused by autoimmune and cancer diseases. The modification of the range of values of vitamin D serum concentration and revision of its nutritional and pharmacological recommendations are suggested nowadays. Moreover, the discovery of the vitamin D receptor (VDR) enables us to understand its influence on other organs. To date the new properties of vitamin D are elucidated in the literature showing its preventive effect and possible application in supportive treatment of many diseases.
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Bogna Grygiel-Górniak, Mariusz Puszczewicz
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