Background: Vitamin D has a steroid-and an anabolic-resembling chemical structure.
Vitamin D is essential for many processes in the human body after hydroxylation. Aims of the …

The chemical structure of vitamin D resembles steroids and anabolics. Following activation
by enzymatic hydroxylation, vitamin D enhances numerous body functions. We determined …

The generic term vitamin D designates a group of chemically related compounds that
possess antirachitic activity. Today, the definition of optimal level of vitamin D is based on …

Vitamin D plays a role not only in the proper functioning of the skeletal system and the
calcium-phosphate equilibrium, but also in the immune system, the cardiovascular system …

Vitamin D is essential for life—its sufficiency improves metabolism, hormonal release,
immune functions, and maintaining health. Vitamin D deficiency increases the vulnerability …

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease of unknown etiology whose treatment is of
limited efficiency and therefore has a high social burden. As it has been suggested that …

Objectives: There is no study about correlation between vitamin D serum level and multiple
sclerosis (MS) in Iran. So in this survey, we investigated the serum level of 25-hydroxy …

Vitamin D is a steroid hormone that plays a crucial role in maintaining normal bone condition
and calcium homeostasis. In recent years, vitamin D has become a hot topic of …

Background: Vitamin D is not only important for bone health but can also affect the
development of several non-bone diseases. These findings have increased the need for …

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 …