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An Appraisal to Address Health Consequences of Vitamin D Deficiency With Food Fortification and Supplements: Time to Act!

JÖRG REICHRATH, WINFRIED MÄRZ, FRANK R. DE GRUIJL, REINHOLD VIETH, WILLIAM B. GRANT, ANDRZEJ T. SLOMINSKI, MICHAEL F. HOLICK, THOMAS VOGT and STEFAN PILZ
Anticancer Research October 2022, 42 (10) 5009-5015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.16008
JÖRG REICHRATH
1Clinic for Dermatology, Allergology and Venerology, The Saarland University Hospital, Homburg, Germany;
2Center for Clinical and Experimental Photodermatology (CECEP), The Saarland University Hospital, Homburg, Germany;
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  • For correspondence: Joerg.reichrath{at}uks.eu
WINFRIED MÄRZ
3Medical Clinic V (Nephrology, Hypertensiology, Rheumatology, Endocrinology, Diabetology), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Ruperto-Carola University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany;
4Synlab Medical Center of Human Genetics Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany;
5Clinical Institute of Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria;
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FRANK R. DE GRUIJL
6Department of Dermatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands;
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REINHOLD VIETH
7Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada;
8Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada;
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WILLIAM B. GRANT
9Sunlight, Nutrition and Health Research Center, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.;
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ANDRZEJ T. SLOMINSKI
10Department of Dermatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, U.S.A.;
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MICHAEL F. HOLICK
11Department of Endocrinology, Boston University Medical Campus, Boston, MA, U.S.A.;
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THOMAS VOGT
1Clinic for Dermatology, Allergology and Venerology, The Saarland University Hospital, Homburg, Germany;
2Center for Clinical and Experimental Photodermatology (CECEP), The Saarland University Hospital, Homburg, Germany;
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STEFAN PILZ
12Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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vol. 42 no. 10 5009-5015
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.16008
PMID 
36192012

Published By 
International Institute of Anticancer Research
Print ISSN 
0250-7005
Online ISSN 
1791-7530
History 
  • Received July 30, 2022
  • Revision received September 17, 2022
  • Accepted September 19, 2022
  • Published online October 3, 2022.

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Copyright © 2022 The Author(s). Published by the International Institute of Anticancer Research. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY-NC-ND) 4.0 international license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0).

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  1. JÖRG REICHRATH1,2⇑,
  2. WINFRIED MÄRZ3,4,5,
  3. FRANK R. DE GRUIJL6,
  4. REINHOLD VIETH7,8,
  5. WILLIAM B. GRANT9,
  6. ANDRZEJ T. SLOMINSKI10,
  7. MICHAEL F. HOLICK11,
  8. THOMAS VOGT1,2 and
  9. STEFAN PILZ12
  1. 1Clinic for Dermatology, Allergology and Venerology, The Saarland University Hospital, Homburg, Germany;
  2. 2Center for Clinical and Experimental Photodermatology (CECEP), The Saarland University Hospital, Homburg, Germany;
  3. 3Medical Clinic V (Nephrology, Hypertensiology, Rheumatology, Endocrinology, Diabetology), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Ruperto-Carola University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany;
  4. 4Synlab Medical Center of Human Genetics Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany;
  5. 5Clinical Institute of Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria;
  6. 6Department of Dermatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands;
  7. 7Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada;
  8. 8Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada;
  9. 9Sunlight, Nutrition and Health Research Center, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.;
  10. 10Department of Dermatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, U.S.A.;
  11. 11Department of Endocrinology, Boston University Medical Campus, Boston, MA, U.S.A.;
  12. 12Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
  1. Correspondence to: Professor Dr. med. J. Reichrath, Department of Dermatology, The Saarland University Hospital, Kirrbergerstr. 100, 66421 Homburg, Germany. Tel: +49 (0)68411623802, e-mail: Joerg.reichrath{at}uks.eu
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    • New Vitamin D Signaling Pathways: Ancient Friends, Revisited
    • How to Evaluate a Person’s Vitamin D Status and Define Vitamin D Deficiency?
    • Vitamin D Deficiency and Human Health: Implications for Cancer and Mortality
    • Challenge and Promise: Vitamin D and the Immune System
    • Vitamin D Deficiency and Human Health: Implications for the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic
    • Autocrine, Paracrine and Endocrine Effects of Vitamin D Hydroxyderivatives Contribute to the Function of the Hormone Factory Skin as a Neuro-immuno-Endocrine Organ
    • Challenge and Promise Regarding Vitamin D Deficiency and Human Health: Implications for Autoimmune Diseases
    • Time to Act: Rationale and Suggestions for Addressing Vitamin D Deficiency Through Increasing Vitamin D Intake and/or Solar UV-Exposure
    • Time to Act, But What Are the Strategies/Concrete Steps that Must Now Be Taken?
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