Open AccessVitamin D and inflammatory bowel disease: what do we know so far?
Author(s) -
Antonio M. Caballero-Mateos,
Raúl Vicente Olmedo Martín,
Amparo Roa-Colomo,
M.M. Díaz Alcázar,
M. Valenzuela Barranco
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
revista española de enfermedades digestivas/revista española de enfermedades digestivas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 2340-4167
pISSN - 1130-0108
DOI - 10.17235/reed.2020.7061/2020
Subject(s) - medicine , inflammatory bowel disease , inflammatory bowel diseases , disease , vitamin d and neurology , gastroenterology , intensive care medicine
In the last years,several studies have focused on the involement of vitamin D in different physiological and pathological processes. One of the most interesting actions occurs in the Inflammatory bowel disease, where a higher prevalence of vitamin D deficiency has been observed. This study aimed to review the literature in order to explain its relationship with the disease, the risk factors, measuring the importance of sun exposure, describing how treatments are affected or observing the effect of vitamin supplementation in this type of patients.