The outbreak of COVID-19 has become a global crisis, and brought severe disruptions to
societies and economies. Until now, effective therapeutics against COVID-19 are in high …

Vitamin D deficiency is a prevalent condition, occurring in about 30–50% of the population,
observed across all ethnicities and among all age groups. Besides the established role of …

Deficiency in vitamin D (VitD), a lipid-soluble vitamin and steroid hormone, affects
approximately 24% to 40% of the population of the Western world. In addition to its well …

Observational studies classically find an inverse relationship between human plasma 25-
hydroxyvitamin D concentration and obesity. However, interventional and genetic studies …

Vitamin D represents a group of secosteroids involved in the calcium and phosphate
metabolism. The active form of vitamin D, 1, 25-dihydroxylcalciferol, exerts its biological …

Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease. Immunological, genetic, and environmental
factors, including diet, play a part in the pathogenesis of psoriasis. Metabolic syndrome or its …

Stroke and acute myocardial infarction are leading causes of mortality worldwide. The latter
accounts for approximately 9 million deaths annually. In turn, ischemic stroke is a significant …

By virtue of their regulatory role in various metabolic and biosynthetic pathways for energy
status and cellular integrity, both hydro-soluble and lipo-soluble vitamins are considered to …

Several studies bring strong evidence for an active role of vitamin D and its metabolites in
physiological adipocyte and adipose tissue processes in adulthood. This role includes …

Background & aims Vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy is common across the world. The
effects of maternal vitamin D supplementation on offspring health were contradict from …