Vitamin D in Immune System and Inflammatory Bowel Disease | JIR - Dove Medical Press

A broad overview of the role vitamin D in the immune system, especially in the pathogenesis & treatment of IBD, & its possible role in predicting relapse.

Introduction Vitamin D was first classified as a vitamin and then as a steroid hormone and can be further classified into two isoforms in the human body, vitamins D2 and D3. Vitamin D2 can only be o… [+80707 chars]

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