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Vitamin D and atherosclerosis.
Curr Opin Cardiol
November 2014
aDepartment of Cardiovascular Diseases, John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School- The University of Queensland School of Medicine bDepartment of Preventive Cardiology, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana cMid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
Purpose Of Review: To provide an overview of the association between vitamin D deficiency and atherosclerosis.
Recent Findings: Vitamin D exerts protective effects on atherosclerosis through multiple mechanisms. It has been shown to protect against endothelial dysfunction, vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation and migration, and modulation of the immune system, as well as the inflammatory response.