Ageing and vitamin D deficiency: effects on calcium homeostasis and considerations for vitamin D supplementation

作者:Oudshoom Christian; van der Cammen Tischa J M; McMurdo Marion E T; van Leeuwen Johannes P T M; Colin Edgar M*
来源:British Journal of Nutrition, 2009, 101(11): 1597-1606.
DOI:10.1017/S0007114509338842

摘要

Vitamin D is a fat-soluble, seco-steroid hormone. In man, the vitamin D receptor is expressed in almost all tissues, enabling effects in multiple systems of the human body. These effects can be endocrine, paracrine and autocrine. The present review summarises the effects of ageing on the vitamin D endocrine system and on Ca homeostasis. Furthermore, consequences for vitamin D supplementation are discussed.

  • 出版日期2009-6-14