Vitamin D and Skeletal Muscle: Emerging Roles in Development, Anabolism and Repair.

Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia. christian.girgis@sydney.edu.au. Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia. christian.girgis@sydney.edu.au. University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. christian.girgis@sydney.edu.au.

Calcified tissue international. 2020;(1):47-57
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Abstract

This special issue article will focus on morphologic and functional roles of vitamin D in muscle, from strength to contraction to development and ageing and will characterise the controversy of VDR's expression in skeletal muscle, central to our understanding of vitamin D's effects on this tissue.

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Publication Type : Review

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MeSH terms : Muscle Contraction ; Vitamin D