Over the last three decades, it has become clear that the role of vitamin D goes beyond the
regulation of calcium homeostasis and bone health. An important extraskeletal effect of …

A functional immune system is essential for healthy life. This is achieved by the coordinate
activation and interaction of different immune cells. One should be aware that activation of …

Type 1 diabetes mellitus is a chronic autoimmune disease associated with degeneration of
pancreatic β-cells that results in an inability to produce insulin and the need for exogenous …

Vitamin D is a multifunctional hormone that is now known to play a significant role in a
variety of biological functions in addition to its traditional role in regulating calcium …

Vitamin D deficiency is linked to pathogenesis of many diseases including cardiovascular,
cancer, and various eye diseases. In recent years, important roles for vitamin D in regulation …

Background Neuroendocrine immunology in musculoskeletal diseases is an emerging
scientific field. It deals with the aspects of efferent neuronal and neurohormonal bearing on …

Survival from colorectal cancer is positively associated with vitamin D status. However,
whether this association is causal remains unclear. Inflammatory processes may link vitamin …

Vitamin D is involved in immune system modulation as well as in calcium and bone
homeostasis, hence plays a role in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) etiopathogenesis. A bulk of …

Abstract Vitamin D [25 (OH) D3] deficiency has been associated with asthma as in many
inflammatory and autoimmune pathologies; however, there is still a lack of data about the …

Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) is well known for mediating the toxic effects of dioxin-
containing pollutants, but has also been shown to be involved in the natural regulation of the …