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SUBMITTER: Vici G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7231074 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vici Giorgia G Camilletti Dalia D Polzonetti Valeria V
Nutrients 20200410 4
Beside skeletal system maintenance and protection, possible extra-calcium roles of vitamin D have been recently described. In particular, studies have investigated possible roles of vitamin D as a key modulator of inflammation and immune mechanisms and of the intestinal mucosa barrier. In this regard, vitamin D has been considered as a factor that affects different conditions such as immune-mediated diseases. The new emerging role of vitamin D and its involvement in immune modulation has led it ...[more]