title: Protective links between vitamin D, inflammatory bowel disease and colon cancer.
abstract: Vitamin D deficiency has been associated with a wide range of diseases and multiple forms of cancer including breast, colon, and prostate cancers. Relatively recent work has demonstrated vitamin D to be critical in immune function and therefore important in inflammatory diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Because vitamin D deficiency or insufficiency is increasingly prevalent around the world, with an estimated 30%-50% of children and adults at risk for vitamin D deficiency worldwide, it could have a significant impact on IBD. Epidemiologic studies suggest that low serum vitamin D levels are a risk factor for IBD and colon cancer, and vitamin D supplementation is associated with decreased colitis disease activity and/or alleviated symptoms. Patients diagnosed with IBD have a higher incidence of colorectal cancer than the general population, which supports the notion that inflammation plays a key role in cancer development and underscores the importance of understanding how vitamin D influences inflammation and its cancer-promoting effects. In addition to human epidemiological data, studies utilizing mouse models of colitis have shown that vitamin D is beneficial in preventing or ameliorating inflammation and clinical disease. The precise role of vitamin D on colitis is unknown; however, vitamin D regulates immune cell trafficking and differentiation, gut barrier function and antimicrobial peptide synthesis, all of which may be protective from IBD and colon cancer. Here we focus on effects of vitamin D on inflammation and inflammation-associated colon cancer and discuss the potential use of vitamin D for protection and treatment of IBD and colon cancer.
authors.affiliation: Stacey Meeker, Audrey Seamons, Lillian Maggio-Price, Jisun Paik, Department of Comparative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, United States.
authors.forename: Stacey
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Meeker
authors.affiliation: Stacey Meeker, Audrey Seamons, Lillian Maggio-Price, Jisun Paik, Department of Comparative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, United States.
authors.forename: Audrey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Seamons
authors.affiliation: Stacey Meeker, Audrey Seamons, Lillian Maggio-Price, Jisun Paik, Department of Comparative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, United States.
authors.forename: Lillian
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Maggio-Price
authors.affiliation: Stacey Meeker, Audrey Seamons, Lillian Maggio-Price, Jisun Paik, Department of Comparative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, United States.
authors.forename: Jisun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Paik
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D000069196:Gastrointestinal Microbiome; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D006801:Humans; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009752:Nutritional Status; D065840:Protective Factors; D012307:Risk Factors; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000097:blood / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D014807:Vitamin D
keywords: Colitis; Colon cancer; Inflammation-associated colon cancer; Inflammatory bowel disease; Mouse models; Vitamin D
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