title: [Vitamin D: implications for health and pregnancy].
abstract: Vitamin D gained importance since the discovery of its steroid structure. Vitamin D participates in mineral homeostasis, regulation of gene expression, and cell differentiation. Recent advances in the study of the enzyme involved in the conversion of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 into 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (calcitriol), as well as the discovery of it's hormone mechanism of action, have led to a better knowledge and understanding of vitamin D endocrine system, as well as it's implication in health and pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biología de la Reproducción, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán. lorenzadiaz@hotmail.com
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Díaz
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cariño
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Méndez
mesh_terms: D015090:25-Hydroxyvitamin D3 1-alpha-Hydroxylase / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D002117:Calcitriol / Q000502:physiology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000378:metabolism; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004703:Endocrine System / Q000502:physiology; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D004790:Enzyme Induction; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000378:metabolism; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006706:Homeostasis; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007687:Kidney Tubules, Proximal / Q000201:enzymology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D008903:Minerals / Q000378:metabolism; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D010920:Placenta / Q000378:metabolism; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000378:metabolism; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000378:metabolism; D018167:Receptors, Calcitriol / Q000502:physiology; D012279:Rickets / Q000378:metabolism; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D008903:Minerals; D018167:Receptors, Calcitriol; D014807:Vitamin D; D015090:25-Hydroxyvitamin D3 1-alpha-Hydroxylase; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D002117:Calcitriol; D002118:Calcium