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ReviewBiomedicines2025

Recent Advancements Towards the Use of Vitamin D Isoforms and the Development of Their Synthetic Analogues as New Therapeutics.

Rajiv Patel, Nandini, Harsha Kharkwal, Moumita Saha, Murugesan Sankaranarayanan, Saurabh Sharma, Subhash Chander

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Review in Biomedicines, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

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  2. Vitamin DApplied microbiology and biotechnology · 2026
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  4. Improved hemodynamic and cardiorespiratory instability with vitamin D supplementation in an obstructive sleep apnea rat models.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Rajiv PatelAmity Institute of Phytochemistry & Phytomedicine, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida 201313, India.ORCID 0009-0004-4704-2037
NandiniDepartment of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Suresh Gyan Vihar University, Jaipur 302017, India.
Harsha KharkwalAmity Institute of Phytochemistry & Phytomedicine, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida 201313, India.ORCID 0000-0002-9615-6223
Moumita SahaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Analysis, ISF College of Pharmacy, Moga 142001, India.ORCID 0009-0003-9460-7179
Murugesan SankaranarayananDepartment of Pharmacy, Birla Institute of Technology & Science Pilani, Pilani Campus, Pilani 333031, India.ORCID 0000-0002-3680-1577
Saurabh SharmaDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9720-2244
Subhash ChanderAmity Institute of Phytochemistry & Phytomedicine, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida 201313, India.ORCID 0000-0003-1244-2466

Funding

Science and Engineering Research Board SRG/2022/001010
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vitamin D and its metabolites are essential in various physiological processes, including muscle strength, metabolism, antifibrotic activity, and immune regulation. Researchers are focusing on developing vitamin D derivatives with optimized receptor selectivity and reduced systemic toxicity, enhancing their therapeutic efficacy against cancer, autoimmune disorders, and inflammatory diseases. Several analogues, such as alfacalcidol, paricalcitol, and falecalcitriol, are used for managing CKD-related bone disorders, while eldecalcitol is effective for osteoporosis, and calcipotriol against psoriasis. Recent studies have explored their impact on metabolic pathways, parathyroid hormone secretion, asthma, and liver fibrosis, revealing their broad clinical potential. Despite enormous efforts in the past decades, translations of vitamin D-drugs are disproportionately limited, mainly due to toxicity due to calcemic effects and undesirable metabolic profile. This review discusses structural modifications in vitamin D3, their influence on VDR binding, transcriptional activity, and calcium homeostasis, along with their role in targeting pathways like EGFR, KRAS, and Hedgehog in cancers. Advanced analytical techniques such as LC/ESI-MS/MS facilitate precise detection of vitamin D metabolites, further improving pharmacokinetic profiling. Future research may enable the clinical approval of novel vitamin D-based therapeutics with minimal disruption to calcium-phosphorus balance.

Indexed as

calcium homeostasisvitamin Dvitamin D activationvitamin D deficiencyvitamin D metabolitesVitamin D Receptor (VDR)

Identifiers

PMID40299638
PMCPMC12025311

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