Abstract：
:It has now been more than 20years since the vitamin D receptor was identified in cells of the immune system. The immune system has now been established as an important target of vitamin D. Vitamin D receptor knockout and vitamin D deficient mice have a surplus of effector T cells that have been implicated in the pathology of multiple sclerosis (MS) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The active form of vitamin D directly and indirectly suppresses the function of these pathogenic T cells while inducing several regulatory T cells that suppress MS and IBD development. There is reason to believe that vitamin D could be an environmental factor that may play a role in the development of these immune mediated diseases in the clinic but at present there has not been a causal relationship established. Nonetheless, current evidence suggests that improving vitamin D status and/or using vitamin D receptor agonists may be useful in MS and IBD.
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Archives of biochemistry and biophysicsauthors
Cantorna MTdoi
10.1016/j.abb.2011.11.001subject
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2012-07-01 00:00:00pages
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1985-05-15 00:00:00
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doi：10.1006/abbi.1996.0160
更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0003-9861(87)90476-0
更新日期：1987-11-15 00:00:00
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更新日期：1995-11-10 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1995-10-20 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2001-07-15 00:00:00
