Emerging role of vitamin D in autoimmune diseases: An update on evidence and therapeutic implications
Autoimmunity Reviews https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autrev.2019.102350
Giuseppe Murdaca, Alessandro Tonacci, Simone Negrini, Monica Greco, Matteo Borro, Francesco Puppo, Sebastiano Gangemi
Vitamin D plays a key role in in calcium homeostasis and, thus, provides an important support in bone growth by aiding in the mineralization of the collagen matrix. However, vitamin D performs various immunomodulatory, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and anti-fibrotic actions. Autoimmune diseases result from an aberrant activation of the immune system, whereby the immune response is directed against harmless self-antigens. Does vitamin D play a role in the pathophysiology of autoimmune diseases? And, if so, what is its role? In the last decade, researchers’ interest in vitamin D and its correlations with autoimmune diseases has considerably increased. We conducted a literature review, covering the period January 1, 2009 through March 30, 2019, in PubMed. We analyzed more than 130 studies in order to find a correlation between vitamin D levels and its effect upon several autoimmune diseases. The analysis demonstrated an inverse association between vitamin D and the development of several autoimmune diseases, such as
- SLE,
- thyrotoxicosis, (excess of thyroid hormone)
- type 1 DM,
- MS,
- iridocyclitis, (inflammation of the iris)
- Crohn’s disease,
- ulcerative colitis,
- psoriasis vulgaris,
- seropositive RA,
- polymyalgia rheumatica. (muscle pain and stiffness, especially in the shoulders)
International multicenter study could allow us to confirm the data already present in the literature in the single clinical studies and to evaluate when to effectively supplement vitamin D in patients who do not take corticosteroids.
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- 120 doctors and 20,000 MS patients using high dose Vitamin D Dec 2018
- Vitamin D has treated Multiple Sclerosis and autoimmune diseases for 16 years – Coimbra April 2018
- Vitamin D Receptor is associated in over 58 autoimmune studies
- More autoimmune disease if higher pollution or lower UVB - Feb 2023
- Many autoimmune diseases associated with low vitamin D or poor Vit D genes – July 2019
See also web: consensus that ~50 diseases are autoimmune, ~50 more are suspected:
Vitamin D Receptor and Autoimmune:
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- Autoimmune disease treated by Vitamin D, Zinc (and other activators of Vitamin D Receptor) – Oct 2019
- Vitamin D Receptor is associated in over 58 autoimmune studies
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- Many autoimmune diseases associated with low vitamin D or poor Vit D genes – July 2019
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- Many autoimmune diseases associated with latitude and vitamin D receptor – March 2016
- Vitamin D Receptor role in Autoimmune Diseases and or cancers – Nov 2013
- Endometriosis treated, and perhaps prevented, by vitamin D - many studies
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