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VITAMIN D AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
VITAMIN D AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES

Author(s): Ana Maria Alexandra Stănescu, Ioana Veronica Grajdeanu, Ovidiu Bratu, Dan Constatin Dumitrescu, BOGDAN SOCEA, Camelia Cristina Diaconu
Subject(s): Health and medicine and law
Published by: Research and Science Today
Keywords: VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE;

Summary/Abstract: VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH DISEASES SUCH AS RICKETS, OSTEOMALACIA, OSTEOPOROSIS, SKIN DISEASES AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE. VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY IS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED INFLAMMATION, INCREASED EXPRESSION OF INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES, ENDOTHELIAL CELLS AND DYSFUNCTION OF VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS AND DECREASED VDR EXPRESSION AND ACTIVITY, WHICH MAY LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF VASCULAR DISEASES, SUCH AS ATHEROSCLEROSIS, ANEURYSMS, VASCULAR CALCIFICATIONS, AND ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION. ALTHOUGH THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY IS ASSOCIATED WITH CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, A CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED YET.

  • Issue Year: 19/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 191-199
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: English
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