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The role of vitamin D in protecting type 1 diabetes mellitus
Author(s) -
Luong Khanh vinh quoc,
Nguyen Lan Thi Hoang,
Pham Nguyen Dung Ngoc
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
diabetes/metabolism research and reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.307
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1520-7560
pISSN - 1520-7552
DOI - 10.1002/dmrr.557
Subject(s) - diabetes mellitus , type 2 diabetes mellitus , medicine , vitamin d and neurology , type 1 diabetes , vitamin d deficiency , vitamin , type 2 diabetes , endocrinology
The relationship between autoimmune diabetes or type 1 diabetes mellitus and vitamin D has been reported in the literature. Many factors, environmental and genetic, have been known, as risk factors, to cause both type 1 diabetes and vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D treatment has improved or prevented type 1 diabetes mellitus in animals and humans. Vitamin D also has been known to protect from autoimmune diseases in animal models. Therefore, it would be interesting to review the role of vitamin D in type 1 diabetes mellitus. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.