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ReviewCell biochemistry and function2025

Vitamin D and Endometriosis: Is There a Mechanistic Link?

Bethany Scout Jennings, Martin Hewison

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Review in Cell biochemistry and function, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  4. Effects of Age, Season, and Pregnancy History on Vitamin D Status in Women Seeking Preconception Care.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Bethany Scout JenningsDepartment of Metabolism and Systems Science, School of Medical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Martin HewisonDepartment of Metabolism and Systems Science, School of Medical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5806-9690

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Endometriosis is a prevalent chronic gynaecological disorder, but its cause is still unclear, and both genetic and environmental factors may contribute disease aetiology. Prominent amongst the latter is vitamin D which can be obtained either by the action of sunlight on skin or from dietary sources. Serum levels of the main circulating form of vitamin D, 25-hydroxvitamin D (25(OH)D), have been reported to be inversely correlated with endometriosis, suggesting that vitamin D-deficiency may be a risk factor for the disease. Crucially, the active form of vitamin D, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25(OH)

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EndometriosisVitamin DFemaleHumansVitamin D DeficiencyVitamin Dendometriosisimmuneinflammationsteroidogenicvitamin D

Identifiers

PMID39739404
PMCPMC11686426

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