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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2025

Molecular Insight into the Role of Vitamin D in Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases.

Christiano Argano, Alessandra Torres, Valentina Orlando, Virginia Cangialosi, Dalila Maggio, Chiara Pollicino, Salvatore Corrao

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 2 of them syntheses 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

34 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  4. 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Sufficiency Is Associated With Reduced Atelectasis in Common Variable Immunodeficiency: A Cross-Sectional Study.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2026
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  20. Vitamin D supports activated CD4Frontiers in immunology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Christiano ArganoDepartment of Internal Medicine, National Relevance and High Specialization Hospital Trust ARNAS Civico, Di Cristina, Benfratelli, 90127 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2662-8931
Alessandra TorresDepartment of Health Promotion Sciences, Maternal and Infant Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (PROMISE), University of Palermo, 90133 Palermo, Italy.
Valentina OrlandoDepartment of Health Promotion Sciences, Maternal and Infant Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (PROMISE), University of Palermo, 90133 Palermo, Italy.
Virginia CangialosiDepartment of Health Promotion Sciences, Maternal and Infant Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (PROMISE), University of Palermo, 90133 Palermo, Italy.
Dalila MaggioDepartment of Health Promotion Sciences, Maternal and Infant Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (PROMISE), University of Palermo, 90133 Palermo, Italy.
Chiara PollicinoDepartment of Health Promotion Sciences, Maternal and Infant Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (PROMISE), University of Palermo, 90133 Palermo, Italy.
Salvatore CorraoDepartment of Internal Medicine, National Relevance and High Specialization Hospital Trust ARNAS Civico, Di Cristina, Benfratelli, 90127 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5621-1374

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the last decades, it has become increasingly evident that the role of vitamin D extends beyond the regulation of calcium homeostasis and the maintenance of bone health. A significant extraskeletal function of vitamin D is its role in modulating the immune system, particularly highlighted in the context of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases, where correlations between vitamin D status and genetic variations in the vitamin D receptor have been observed about the incidence and severity of these conditions. Additionally, different studies have reported the existence of immunomodulatory effects of vitamin D, particularly the effects of vitamin D on dendritic cell function, maturation, cytokine production, and antigen presentation, and that its deficiency may be associated with a sub-inflammatory state. In this sense, different clinical trials have been conducted to assess the therapeutic efficacy of vitamin D in different immune-mediated inflammatory disorders, including asthma, atopic dermatitis (AD), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriasis, thyroid diseases, infectious diseases, and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). This review will provide a comprehensive overview of the current understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying vitamin D's immunomodulatory properties, its role, and innovative therapeutic applications in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases.

Indexed as

Immune System DiseasesInflammationVitamin DAnimalsHumansReceptors, CalcitriolVitamin D DeficiencyReceptors, CalcitriolVitamin Dadaptive immunityasthmaatopic dermatitisimmune-mediated inflammatory disordersinfectious diseasesinnate immunitypsoriasisrheumatoid arthritissystemic lupus erythematosusthyroid diseases

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PMID40429939
PMCPMC12112522

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