"Vitamin D" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A vitamin that includes both CHOLECALCIFEROLS and ERGOCALCIFEROLS, which have the common effect of preventing or curing RICKETS in animals. It can also be viewed as a hormone since it can be formed in SKIN by action of ULTRAVIOLET RAYS upon the precursors, 7-dehydrocholesterol and ERGOSTEROL, and acts on VITAMIN D RECEPTORS to regulate CALCIUM in opposition to PARATHYROID HORMONE.
| Descriptor ID |
D014807
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.210.500.812.768
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Vitamin D" by people in this website by year, and whether "Vitamin D" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2012 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2013 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 2014 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2015 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2019 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 2020 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2022 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2023 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Vitamin D" by people in Profiles.
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Impact of vitamin D deficiency on defective endometrial decidualization and the repressive role of vitamin D receptor (VDR) in the epigenomic network. Pharmacol Res. 2026 May; 227:108162.
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A pilot study of maternal vitamin D status and its association with breast milk and infant gut metabolites. Physiol Rep. 2026 Mar; 14(5):e70774.
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Metabolic Workup for Bone Stress Injury: A Practical Approach for Evaluating Bone Health in Athletes. Sports Health. 2026 May-Jun; 18(3):521-533.
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Vitamin D is glucoprotective in aging males but not females. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2026 Feb; 256:106898.
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Interplay of Vitamin D and Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptors in CD4+ T Cell Fate Determination. J Biochem Mol Toxicol. 2025 Aug; 39(8):e70360.
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Non-compliance with post-discharge vitamin D intake guidelines: an observational study in an overseas French maternity ward. Arch Pediatr. 2025 Jul; 32(5):301-306.
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Analysis of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D genomic action in human enteroids and colonoids reveals multiple regulatory effects of vitamin D in human intestinal physiology. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2025; 16:1538463.
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Factors associated with phosphate homeostasis in children with beta-thalassemia major: An analytical cross sectional study from Pakistan. PLoS One. 2025; 20(2):e0316566.
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Impact of vitamin D on hyperoxic acute lung injury in neonatal mice. BMC Pulm Med. 2024 Nov 25; 24(1):584.
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Survey of vitamin D supplementation practices in extremely preterm infants. Pediatr Res. 2025 Feb; 97(3):1009-1015.