date:Apr 08, 2013
l health benefits of vitamin D, said Michael F. Holick, professor of medicine, physiology and biophysics at BUSM who served as the studys corresponding author. While a larger study is necessary to confirm our observations, the data demonstrates that improving vitamin D status can have a dramatic effect on gene expression in our immune cells and may help explain the role of vitamin D in reducing the risk for CVD, cancer and other diseases.