Unlocking the Potential of Vitamin D: A Comprehensive Exploration of Its Role in Neurological Health and Diseases
Vitamin D (VD), an indispensable micronutrient renowned for its pivotal role in bone health, is increasingly recognized as a frontline therapy for bone-related disorders owing to its involvement in maintaining calcium/phosphorus levels. Beyond these benefits, VD exhibits a modulatory impact on redox...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
MDPI AG
2025-03-01
|
| Series: | Biology |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/14/3/280 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1850090337878409216 |
|---|---|
| author | Rehana Khatoon |
| author_facet | Rehana Khatoon |
| author_sort | Rehana Khatoon |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Vitamin D (VD), an indispensable micronutrient renowned for its pivotal role in bone health, is increasingly recognized as a frontline therapy for bone-related disorders owing to its involvement in maintaining calcium/phosphorus levels. Beyond these benefits, VD exhibits a modulatory impact on redox imbalance, inflammation, and anti-apoptotic pathways implicated in brain-related disorders. Recent findings reveal a notable decrease in VD and its receptor expression in the cerebrospinal fluid of individuals with brain diseases, indicating a positive association between VD levels and normal brain function. Moreover, emerging reports underscore VD’s potential in mitigating the pathophysiology of neurodegenerative diseases, including memory and motor impairments, mitochondrial dysfunction, and neuronal loss. Extensive in vitro and in vivo studies elucidate VD’s multifaceted neuroprotective mechanisms, effectively mitigating neuronal damage and ATP deprivation, thus reducing mortality and morbidity. This review comprehensively examines VD’s diverse attributes, encompassing antioxidative, anti-inflammatory, anti-apoptotic, and neurogenic effects. It provides contemporary insights into VD’s efficacious actions at appropriate doses and exposures across diverse neurological experimental models. Furthermore, the clinical relevance of VD in treating patients with neurological diseases is explored. Overall, this review contributes to the exploration of potential neuroprotective agents and holds promise for improving human health outcomes in the future. |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-a58be43f61754b9bae0096e7b0fef4d1 |
| institution | DOAJ |
| issn | 2079-7737 |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2025-03-01 |
| publisher | MDPI AG |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Biology |
| spelling | doaj-art-a58be43f61754b9bae0096e7b0fef4d12025-08-20T02:42:35ZengMDPI AGBiology2079-77372025-03-0114328010.3390/biology14030280Unlocking the Potential of Vitamin D: A Comprehensive Exploration of Its Role in Neurological Health and DiseasesRehana Khatoon0Department of Medical Elementology and Toxicology, School of Chemical and Life Sciences, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi 110062, IndiaVitamin D (VD), an indispensable micronutrient renowned for its pivotal role in bone health, is increasingly recognized as a frontline therapy for bone-related disorders owing to its involvement in maintaining calcium/phosphorus levels. Beyond these benefits, VD exhibits a modulatory impact on redox imbalance, inflammation, and anti-apoptotic pathways implicated in brain-related disorders. Recent findings reveal a notable decrease in VD and its receptor expression in the cerebrospinal fluid of individuals with brain diseases, indicating a positive association between VD levels and normal brain function. Moreover, emerging reports underscore VD’s potential in mitigating the pathophysiology of neurodegenerative diseases, including memory and motor impairments, mitochondrial dysfunction, and neuronal loss. Extensive in vitro and in vivo studies elucidate VD’s multifaceted neuroprotective mechanisms, effectively mitigating neuronal damage and ATP deprivation, thus reducing mortality and morbidity. This review comprehensively examines VD’s diverse attributes, encompassing antioxidative, anti-inflammatory, anti-apoptotic, and neurogenic effects. It provides contemporary insights into VD’s efficacious actions at appropriate doses and exposures across diverse neurological experimental models. Furthermore, the clinical relevance of VD in treating patients with neurological diseases is explored. Overall, this review contributes to the exploration of potential neuroprotective agents and holds promise for improving human health outcomes in the future.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/14/3/280vitamin Doxidative stressinflammationcell deathneurological disorder |
| spellingShingle | Rehana Khatoon Unlocking the Potential of Vitamin D: A Comprehensive Exploration of Its Role in Neurological Health and Diseases Biology vitamin D oxidative stress inflammation cell death neurological disorder |
| title | Unlocking the Potential of Vitamin D: A Comprehensive Exploration of Its Role in Neurological Health and Diseases |
| title_full | Unlocking the Potential of Vitamin D: A Comprehensive Exploration of Its Role in Neurological Health and Diseases |
| title_fullStr | Unlocking the Potential of Vitamin D: A Comprehensive Exploration of Its Role in Neurological Health and Diseases |
| title_full_unstemmed | Unlocking the Potential of Vitamin D: A Comprehensive Exploration of Its Role in Neurological Health and Diseases |
| title_short | Unlocking the Potential of Vitamin D: A Comprehensive Exploration of Its Role in Neurological Health and Diseases |
| title_sort | unlocking the potential of vitamin d a comprehensive exploration of its role in neurological health and diseases |
| topic | vitamin D oxidative stress inflammation cell death neurological disorder |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/14/3/280 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT rehanakhatoon unlockingthepotentialofvitamindacomprehensiveexplorationofitsroleinneurologicalhealthanddiseases |