Role of vitamin D: current evidence in Gynecology

Abstract

Vitamin D (calcitriol) is a hormone, long known to be a key modulator of bone metabolism, involved in the maintenance of calcium homeostasis by intestinal and renal calcium absorption. The vast majority of the effects of vitamin D is mediated by the receptor found to bind 1,25 dihydroxyvitamin D. The vitamin D receptor is expressed in al-