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Vitamin D: A Potential Star for Treating Chronic Pancreatitis – June 2022


Vitamin D: A Potential Star for Treating Chronic Pancreatitis

Front Pharmacol. 2022 Jun 6;13:902639. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2022.902639. eCollection 2022.
Meifang Zheng 1, Runping Gao 1

Chronic Pancreatitis studies

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Chronic Pancreatitis Clinical Trials

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Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a chronic inflammatory and fibrotic disease of the pancreas. The incidence of CP is increasing worldwide but the effective therapies are lacking. Hence, it is necessary to identify economical and effective agents for the treatment of CP patients. Vitamin D (VD) and its analogues have been confirmed as pleiotropic regulators of cell proliferation, apoptosis, differentiation and autophagy. Clinical studies show that VD deficiency is prevalent in CP patients. However, the correlation between VD level and the risk of CP remains controversial. VD and its analogues have been demonstrated to inhibit pancreatic fibrosis by suppressing the activation of pancreatic stellate cells and the production of extracellular matrix. Limited clinical trials have shown that the supplement of VD can improve VD deficiency in patients with CP, suggesting a potential therapeutic value of VD in CP. However, the mechanisms by which VD and its analogues inhibit pancreatic fibrosis have not been fully elucidated. We are reviewing the current literature concerning the risk factors for developing CP, prevalence of VD deficiency in CP, mechanisms of VD action in PSC-mediated fibrogenesis during the development of CP and potential therapeutic applications of VD and its analogues in the treatment of CP.
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Some Pancreatitis and Vitamin D studies on the web

  • Vitamin D and Pancreatitis: A Narrative Review of Current Evidence- May 2022 PDF
  • Nutritional management of chronic pancreatitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials - Jan 2021 PDF
  • Vitamin D deficiency predicts severe acute pancreatitis - Oct 2018 PDF

VitaminDWiki Inflammation pages with PANCREATITIS in title (6 as of June 2022)

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Vitamin C also helps CP

Comment by Dave M. Both vitamin D and C are depleted in patients with severe pancreatitis. Vitamin C deficiency increases the likelihood of fibrosis which markedly worsen the observed outcomes. Vitamin D may improve vitamin C status via the increase in levels of glutathione- this may partially account for improvements when vitamin D is used alone... but one can only imagine the benefits of measuring and correcting both D and C deficiencies simultaneously.


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