Vitamin D Status and 25(OH)D Thresholds: From Musculoskeletal to Systemic and Beyond
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Micronutrients and Human Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 June 2026 | Viewed by 1
Special Issue Editor
Interests: calcium metabolism; bone metabolism; genetics of bone diseases; vitamin D metabolism; pathophysiology; genetic of thyroid diseases; general health sciences; theoretical medicine
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Dear Colleagues,
Vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent worldwide. Efforts to address this public health issue are mostly hindered by the heterogeneity of nutritional and clinical vitamin D guidelines. The importance of vitamin D extends far beyond musculoskeletal health. In fact, vitamin D is a precursor to the hormone 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D, also known as the D hormone. Because the receptor (VDR) of this steroid hormone is expressed in most human cells, some scholars have proposed that vitamin D plays a more widespread role in general health. This idea is supported by several experimental and epidemiological studies. The general dilemma regarding the potential extraskeletal health benefits of vitamin D is that vitamin D requirements for skeletal health may differ from requirements for certain extraskeletal health benefits.
This Special Issue will include manuscripts focusing on assessing vitamin D status (i.e., deficiency, normal, or high levels) and investigating associations or causal relationships with health benefits or disease outcomes. Additionally, we accept manuscripts investigating vitamin D supplementation in healthy individuals or patient populations with vitamin D deficiency compared to individuals with normal vitamin D status.
Prof. Dr. István Takács
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- 25(OH)D level
- 1,25(OH)2D level
- vitamin D deficiency
- vitamin D supplementation treatment
- prevention
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