(18-04-11) Vitamin D: drug of the future. A new therapeutic approach.

Gueli N, Verrusio W, Linguanti A, Di Maio F, Martinez A, Marigliano B, Cacciafesta M.
Department of Aging Science, Policlinico Umberto I, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Viale del Policlinico, 155, I-00161 Roma, Italy.
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.

Source: Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2011 Mar 31

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