This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution
Access options
Subscribe to this journal
Receive 12 print issues and online access
$259.00 per year
only $21.58 per issue
Buy this article
- Purchase on Springer Link
- Instant access to full article PDF
Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout
References
Holick M. Phylogenetic and evolutionary aspects of vitamin D from phytoplankton to humans. In: Pang PKT, Schreibman MP, Eds. Verebrate endocrinology: fundamentals and biomedical implications. Orlando, FL, USA: Academic Press, Inc.; 1989.
Holick MF. Vitamin D: evolutionary, physiological and health perspectives. Curr Drug Targets. 2011;12:4–18.
Muscogiuri G, Mitri J, Mathieu C, et al. Mechanisms in endocrinology: vitamin D as a potential contributor in endocrine health and disease. Eur J Endocrinol. 2014;171(3):R101–10.
Sai AJ, Walters RW, Fang X, Gallagher JC. Relationship between vitamin D, parathyroid hormone, and bone health. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2011;96:E436–46.
Lips P, van Schoor NM. The effect of vitamin D on bone and osteoporosis. Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2011;25:585–91.
Holick MF, Tian XQ, Allen M. Evolutionary importance for the membrane enhancement of the production of vitamin D3 in the skin of poikilothermic animals. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 1995;92:3124–6.
Tian XQ, Chen TC, Matsuoka LY, Wortsman J, Holick MF. Kinetic and thermodynamic studies of the conversion of previtamin D3 to vitamin D3 in human skin. J Biol Chem. 1993;268:14888–92.
Holick MF. Vitamin D deficiency. N Engl J Med. 2007;357:266–81.
Jones G. Phosphorus metabolism and management in chronic kidney disease: expanding role for vitamin D in chronic kidney disease: importance of blood 25-OH-D levels and extra-renal 1α-hydroxylase in the classical and nonclassical actions of 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3. Semin Dial. 2007;20:316–24.
Holick MF, Binkley NC, Bischoff-Ferrari HA, Gordon CM, Hanley DA, Heaney RP, Murad MH, Weaver CM. Evaluation, treatment, and prevention of vitamin D deficiency: an endocrine society clinical practice guideline. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2011;96:1911–30.
Holick MF. Vitamin D and health: evolution, biologic functions, and recommended dietary intakes for vitamin D. Clin Rev Bone Miner Metab. 2009;7:2–19.
Zehnder D, Bland R, Williams MC, McNinch RW, Howie AJ, Stewart PM, Hewison M. Extrarenal expression of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (3)1 alpha-hydroxylase. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2001;86:888–94.
Lehmann B, Meurer M. Vitamin D metabolism. Dermatol Ther. 2010;23:2–12.
Ritter CS, Haughey BH, Armbrecht HJ, Brown AJ. Distribution and regulation of the 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 1α-hydroxylase in human parathyroid glands. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2012;130:73–80.
Cooper C, Javaid K, Westlake S, Harvey N, Dennison E. Developmental origins of osteoporotic fracture: the role of maternal vitamin D insufficiency. J Nutr. 2005;135:2728S–34S.
Holick MF. Resurrection of vitamin D deficiency and rickets. J Clin Invest. 2006;116:2062–72.
Holick MF, Chen TC. Vitamin D deficiency: a worldwide problem with health consequences. Am J Clin Nutr. 2008;87:1080S–6S.
Lam NN, Triliana R, Sawyer RK, Atkins GJ, Morris HA, O’Loughlin PD, et al. Vitamin D receptor overexpression in osteoblasts and osteocytes prevents bone loss during vitamin D-deficiency. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2014;144(A):128–31.
Shi Y-c, Worton L, Esteban L, Baldock P, Fong C, Eisman JA, et al. Effects of continuous activation of vitamin D and Wnt response pathways on osteoblastic proliferation and differentiation. Bone. 2007;41:87–96.
Muscogiuri G, Altieri B, Annweiler C, et al. Vitamin D and chronic diseases: the current state of the art. Arch Toxicol. 2017;91(1):97–107.
Kearns MD, Alvarez JA, Seidel N, Tangpricha V. Impact of vitamin D on infectious disease. Am J Med Sci. 2015;349(3):245–62.
Antico A, Tampoia M, Tozzoli R, Bizzaro N. Can supplementation with vitamin D reduce the risk or modify the course of autoimmune diseases? A systematic review of the literature. Autoimmun Rev. 2012;12(2):127–36.
Prietl B, Treiber G, Pieber TR, Amrein K. Vitamin D and immune function. Nutrients. 2013;5(7):2502–21.
Muscogiuri G, Annweiler C, Duval G, et al. Vitamin D and cardiovascular disease: from atherosclerosis to myocardial infarction and stroke. Int J Cardiol. 2017;230:577–84.
Muscogiuri G, Nuzzo V, Gatti A, et al. Hypovitaminosis D: a novel risk factor for coronary heart disease in type 2 diabetes? Endocrine. 2016;51(2):268–73.
Muscogiuri G, Sorice GP, Ajjan R, et al. Can vitamin D deficiency cause diabetes and cardiovascular diseases? Present evidence and future perspectives. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2012;22(2):81–7.
Altieri B, Grant WB, Della Casa S, et al. Vitamin D and pancreas: the role of sunshine vitamin in the pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus and pancreatic cancer. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr. 2017;57(16):3472–88.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Ethics declarations
Conflict of interest
The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Muscogiuri, G. Vitamin D: past, present and future perspectives in the prevention of chronic diseases. Eur J Clin Nutr 72, 1221–1225 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41430-018-0261-4
Received:
Accepted:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41430-018-0261-4
This article is cited by
-
Potential roles of vitamin D binding protein in attenuating liver injury in sepsis
Military Medical Research (2022)
-
25-Hydroxyvitamin D reference percentiles and the role of their determinants among European children and adolescents
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2022)
-
Official recommendations for vitamin D through the life stages in developed countries
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2020)
-
Vitamin D in physiological and pathological aging: Lesson from centenarians
Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders (2019)