title: Introduction to Vitamin D Symposium, March 14, 2008.
abstract: A large body of work in diverse clinical and scientific areas has accumulated that supports a role for vitamin D in multiple organ systems and physiologic and molecular processes. The vitamin D receptor is distributed ubiquitously, and by binding with its receptor, vitamin D initiates a series of events that can affect cellular proliferation and differentiation, inflammation, the immune system, and the endocrine system, including the renin-angiotensin system, insulin resistance, and lipid metabolism.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL 35294, USA. srostand@uab.edu
authors.forename: Stephen G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Rostand
authors.forename: David G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Warnock
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D018167:Receptors, Calcitriol / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000378:metabolism*; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018167:Receptors, Calcitriol; D014807:Vitamin D