Vitamin D in 2020: An Old Pro-Hormone with Potential Effects beyond Mineral Metabolism

Nutrients. 2020 Nov 3;12(11):3378. doi: 10.3390/nu12113378.

Authors

Marie Courbebaisse^{1

2

3}, Etienne Cavalier⁴

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medicine of Paris Descartes, Paris University, 75006 Paris, France.
² Physiology Department, European Georges-Pompidou Hospital, AP-HP, 75015 Paris, France.
³ INSERM U1151, 75015 Paris, France.
⁴ Department of Clinical Chemistry, University of Liège, B-4000 Liège, Belgium.

Abstract

Vitamin D is not a vitamin but a pro-hormone. [...].

Publication types

Editorial
Introductory Journal Article

MeSH terms

Calcitriol / metabolism*
Hormones / metabolism*
Humans
Minerals / metabolism*
Vitamin D / analogs & derivatives*
Vitamin D / blood
Vitamin D / metabolism*
Vitamin D Deficiency / blood

Substances

Hormones
Minerals
Vitamin D
25-hydroxyvitamin D
Calcitriol