Vitamin D

"Vitamin D" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A vitamin that includes both CHOLECALCIFEROLS and ERGOCALCIFEROLS, which have the common effect of preventing or curing RICKETS in animals. It can also be viewed as a hormone since it can be formed in SKIN by action of ULTRAVIOLET RAYS upon the precursors, 7-dehydrocholesterol and ERGOSTEROL, and acts on VITAMIN D RECEPTORS to regulate CALCIUM in opposition to PARATHYROID HORMONE.

Descriptor ID	D014807
MeSH Number(s)	D04.210.500.812.768
Concept/Terms	Vitamin D Vitamin D

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Polycyclic Compounds [D04]
Fused-Ring Compounds [D04.210]
Steroids [D04.210.500]
Secosteroids [D04.210.500.812]
Vitamin D [D04.210.500.812.768]

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Bar chart showing 124 publications over 25 distinct years, with a maximum of 11 publications in 2018

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	0	1
1997	0	1	1
2002	2	3	5
2003	1	0	1
2004	1	1	2
2005	3	1	4
2006	5	2	7
2007	3	2	5
2008	6	1	7
2009	5	1	6
2010	5	4	9
2011	5	3	8
2012	6	3	9
2013	6	1	7
2014	5	2	7
2015	2	0	2
2017	4	3	7
2018	8	3	11
2019	3	1	4
2020	4	2	6
2021	5	0	5
2022	1	3	4
2023	0	3	3
2024	1	1	2
2025	1	0	1

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Doumat G, El Zein J, Mehta GD, Zhu Z, Espinola JA, Sullivan AF, Hasegawa K, Camargo CA. Association between vitamin D status at 3 years and eosinophilic asthma in 6-year-old children with a history of severe bronchiolitis. Thorax. 2025 02 17; 80(3):180-183.

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McGuinness JE, Anderson GL, Mutasa S, Hershman DL, Terry MB, Tehranifar P, Lew DL, Yee M, Brown EA, Kairouz SS, Kuwajerwala N, Bevers TB, Doster JE, Zarwan C, Kruper L, Minasian LM, Ford L, Arun B, Neuhouser ML, Goodman GE, Brown PH, Ha R, Crew KD. Effects of vitamin D supplementation on a deep learning-based mammographic evaluation in SWOG S0812. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2024 Jul 01; 8(4).

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Doumat G, El Zein J, Mehta GD, Zhu Z, Qi YS, Espinola JA, Sullivan AF, Hasegawa K, Camargo CA. Prospective Study of Vitamin D Status and Risk of Developing Specific Immunoglobulin E?During Mid-Childhood. Clin Exp Allergy. 2024 Aug; 54(8):627-630.

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Kim S, Yeo Y, Shin J, Shin DW, Cho B, Song YM. Factors Associated with Long-Term Dietary Supplement Use among Korean Breast Cancer Survivors: A Cross-Sectional Study. Nutrients. 2023 Sep 21; 15(18).

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Doumat G, Mehta GD, Mansbach JM, Hasegawa K, Camargo CA. Association between Early Childhood Vitamin D Status and Age 6-Year Lung Function among Children with a History of Severe Bronchiolitis in Infancy. Nutrients. 2023 May 19; 15(10).

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Yoon SH, Meyer MB, Arevalo C, Tekguc M, Zhang C, Wang JS, Castro Andrade CD, Strauss K, Sato T, Benkusky NA, Lee SM, Berdeaux R, Foretz M, Sundberg TB, Xavier RJ, Adelmann CH, Brooks DJ, Anselmo A, Sadreyev RI, Rosales IA, Fisher DE, Gupta N, Morizane R, Greka A, Pike JW, Mannstadt M, Wein MN. A parathyroid hormone/salt-inducible kinase signaling axis controls renal vitamin D activation and organismal calcium homeostasis. J Clin Invest. 2023 05 01; 133(9).

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Maurya VK, Shakya A, Bashir K, Jan K, McClements DJ. Fortification by design: A rational approach to designing vitamin D delivery systems for foods and beverages. Compr Rev Food Sci Food Saf. 2023 01; 22(1):135-186.

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Tuey SM, Prebehalla L, Roque AA, Roda G, Chonchol MB, Shah N, Wempe MF, Hu Y, Hogan SL, Nolin TD, Joy MS. The Impact of Suboptimal 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels and Cholecalciferol Replacement on the Pharmacokinetics of Oral Midazolam in Control Subjects and Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease. J Clin Pharmacol. 2022 Dec; 62(12):1528-1538.

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Virtanen JK, Nurmi T, Aro A, Bertone-Johnson ER, Hypp?nen E, Kr?ger H, Lamberg-Allardt C, Manson JE, Mursu J, M?ntyselk? P, Suominen S, Uusitupa M, Voutilainen A, Tuomainen TP, Hantunen S. Vitamin D supplementation and prevention of cardiovascular disease and cancer in the Finnish Vitamin D Trial: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2022 05 01; 115(5):1300-1310.

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Janus SE, Durieux JC, Hajjari J, Carneiro H, McComsey GA. Inflammation-mediated vitamin K and vitamin D effects on vascular calcifications in people with HIV on active antiretroviral therapy. AIDS. 2022 04 01; 36(5):647-655.

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