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Vitamin D and Skin Diseases
Vitamin D and Skin Diseases
Vitamin D and Skin Diseases
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EFFECTS ON KERATINOCYTES
EFFECT AS AN ANTIOXIDANT
EFFECTS ON
KERATINOCYTES
Vitamin D leads to stimulation of in
vitro keratinocyte proliferation at low
concentrations and its inhibition at higher
concentrations (≥10−8 M).
EFFECTS ON SKIN IMMUNE SYSTEM
mechanisms
IMMUNOMODULATORY EFFECTS OF VITAMIN D
Effects on keratinocyte apoptosis
on keratinocytes.
Pharmacological levels of calcitriol induce apoptosis of
ATOPIC DERMATITIS
VITILIGO
ICHTHYOSIS
SKIN CANCER
SKIN FIBROSIS
INFECTIONS
TUBERCULOSIS
AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES
VITAMIND D AND PSORIASIS
LINKAGE
THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF TOPICAL VITAMIN D:
Genomic Mechanism Inhibition of keratinocyte
proliferation.
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Vitamin D stimulates or inhibit keratinocyte
differentiation