Vitamin D Metabolism: Implications in Metabolic Health and Disease
A special issue of Metabolites (ISSN 2218-1989). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Metabolism".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 July 2026 | Viewed by 66
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Interests: nutrition; metabolic health; dietary fiber; vitamin D; obesity; inflammation
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Interests: critically ill patients; micronutrients; vitamins; minerals; nutritional assessment; requirements; biomarkers; antioxidants; oxidative stress; inflammation; infection; supplementation; metabolism
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Obesity is currently impacting a third of the U.S. population, disrupting the metabolic processes and increasing the risk of morbidity and mortality. Vitamin D plays a crucial role in disease prevention in addition to its classic role in bone health. The regulatory role of vitamin D in metabolic health may provide insight into the basis of nutrition and metabolism, as vitamin D deficiency is often characterized among individuals with overweight and obesity, leading to metabolic complications such as insulin resistance, cancers, gut dysbiosis, autoimmune diseases, and chronic inflammation. Vitamin D is a provitamin that has been known to maintain bone mineralization. Recent advancements in research has suggested that vitamin D also exerts a unique role in the immune system and metabolic health, as the expressions of vitamin D receptors are identified in multiple tissues such as adipose tissues, the colon, and the pancreas. This Special Issue aims to solicit original research papers, review articles, and meta-analyses on topics surrounding the role of vitamin D in metabolic health, such as obesity, cardiovascular health, type 2 diabetes, fatty liver, etc., in both preclinical and clinical stages. We welcome topics on nutritional interventions targeting vitamin D metabolism for disease prevention and management, characterization of mechanistic pathways and metabolic/microbiome profiles, and establishment of novel research models for vitamin D-related research. We hope the information generated from this Special Issue will allow us to gain deeper insight into how vitamin D may contribute to the development of metabolic health and thus identify a potential dietary intervention for prevention of metabolic diseases.
Dr. Gar Yee Koh
Prof. Dr. Elena Planells
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- vitamin D
- metabolic disease
- micronutrient
- obesity
- diabetes
- cardiovascular health
- nutrition
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