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- Title
Role of Vitamin D in Osteoarthritis: Molecular, Cellular, and Clinical Perspectives.
- Authors
Mabey, Thomas; Honsawek, Sittisak
- Abstract
Osteoarthritis is a debilitating and degenerative disease which affects millions of people worldwide. The causes and mechanisms of osteoarthritis remain to be fully understood. Vitamin D has been hypothesised to play essential roles in a number of diseases including osteoarthritis. Many cell types within osteoarthritic joints appear to experience negative effects often at increased sensitivity to vitamin D. These findings contrast clinical research which has identified vitamin D deficiency to have a worryingly high prevalence among osteoarthritis patients. Randomised-controlled trial is considered to be the most rigorous way of determining the effects of vitamin D supplementation on the development of osteoarthritis. Studies into the effects of low vitamin D levels on pain and joint function have to date yielded controversial results. Due to the apparent conflicting effects of vitamin D in knee osteoarthritis, further research is required to fully elucidate its role in the development and progression of the disease as well as assess the efficacy and safety of vitamin D supplementation as a therapeutic strategy.
- Subjects
VITAMIN D; OSTEOARTHRITIS treatment; DEGENERATION (Pathology); DISEASE prevalence; DISEASE progression
- Publication
International Journal of Endocrinology, 2015, Vol 2015, p1
- ISSN
1687-8337
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1155/2015/383918