Journal of Pharmaceutical Care & Health Systems
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Nidhi Sharma

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• Review Article
  Role of Vitamin D in Various Illnesses: A Review
  Author(s): Pramil Tiwari and Nidhi Sharma Pramil Tiwari and Nidhi Sharma
  
  Vitamin D, a fat-soluble vitamin, concentrations need to be maintained for functioning of the metabolic, immune, reproductive, muscular, skeletal, respiratory and cutaneous systems of men and women of all ages. A rough estimate indicates that about 1 billion people globally are vitamin D deficient. The physiological functions of active vitamin D (calcitriol) are related to calcium homeostasis and osteoporosis, with possible roles in diabetes, cancer, ischemic heart disease, and autoimmune and infectious diseases. Vitamin D deficit increases the risk of malignancies, particularly of colon, breast and prostate gland, of chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases (e.g. insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, inflammatory bowel disease, multiple sclerosis), as well as of metabolic disorders (metabolic syndrome, hypertension). The eight disorders discussed in this review are heart disease, .. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2376-0419.1000176

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