Vitamin D: drug of the future. A new therapeutic approach.

Abstract

Besides increasing calcium absorption in the bowel and promoting the normal formation and mineralization of bone, vitamin D exerts relevant pleiotropic effects in different tissues. Serum levels of vitamin D show correlation with the risk of infections, cardiovascular diseases, cancer and autoimmune disorders. The possible therapeutic role of vitamin D in different kind of diseases: inflammatory, immunologic, infectious and neoplastic ones, explains the growing interest in this vitamin due to its pleiotropic effects, and makes it a candidate to become a potential drug in the next future.

• Authors: N Gueli, W Verrusio, A Linguanti, F Di Maio, A Martinez, B Marigliano, M Cacciafesta
• Journal: Archives of gerontology and geriatrics (Arch Gerontol Geriatr) 2012 Jan-Feb Vol. 54 Issue 1 Pg. 222-7 ISSN: 1872-6976 [Electronic] Netherlands
• PMID: 21458871 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

Chemical References

• Vitamin D

Topics

• Humans
• Vitamin D (blood, metabolism, pharmacology, therapeutic use)
• Vitamin D Deficiency (physiopathology)