Vitamin D and gastrointestinal diseases: inflammatory bowel disease and colorectal cancer
| Title: | Vitamin D and gastrointestinal diseases: inflammatory bowel disease and colorectal cancer |
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| Authors: | Maitreyi Raman, Andrew N. Milestone, Julian R.F. Walters, Ailsa L. Hart, Subrata Ghosh |
| Source: | Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology, Vol 4 (2011) |
| Publisher Information: | SAGE Publishing, 2011. |
| Publication Year: | 2011 |
| Collection: | LCC:Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology |
| Subject Terms: | Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology, RC799-869 |
| More Details: | Over the past 5 years, there has been a rapid resurgence of interest in vitamin D outside of its traditional role in metabolic bone disease. Some nontraditional roles ascribed to vitamin D include anti-inflammatory and immune-modulating effects. These effects have led to possible implications in the pathophysiology of immune-mediated diseases including multiple sclerosis and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). In addition, vitamin D insufficiency has been linked to higher rates of cancers including colon, prostate and breast cancers. Given these diverse associations of vitamin D and disease states, this review describes recent advances with regard to vitamin D and gastrointestinal diseases, in particular IBD and colorectal cancer. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1756-283X 1756-2848 1756283X |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/1756-283X; https://doaj.org/toc/1756-2848 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1756283X10377820 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/cc855ef46a134816889809039dfc8172 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.855ef46a134816889809039dfc8172 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 1756283X 17562848 |
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| DOI: | 10.1177/1756283X10377820 |
| Published in: | Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology |
| Language: | English |