"A Critical Evaluation of Vitamin D: Clinical Overview" ed. by Sivakumar Gowder

This volume is dedicated to Vitamin D, a fat-soluble vitamin, also called as "sunshine vitamin" derived mostly from sun exposure and food, and for normal activation, it has to undergo two hydroxylation reactions. The book targets the principles, mechanisms, and clinical significance of vitamin D.

Vitamin D affects more than 2000 genes in the body. Serum level of 25(OH) D is an ideal indicator of vitamin D status in our body. Vitamin D deficiency leads to various diseases. On a therapeutic point of view, vitamin D helps to treat many diseases.

This book covers four sections: "Vitamin D in Cardiovascular and Renal Diseases", "Vitamin D in Age and Neurological Diseases", "Vitamin D and Cancer" and "Therapeutic Measurements of Vitamin D". Each of these sections is interwoven with the theoretical aspects and experimental techniques of basic and clinical sciences.

This book will be a significant source to students, scientists, physicians, healthcare professionals and also other members of this society who are interested in exploring the role of vitamin D in human life.

[Vitamin D can be considered as vitamin of "defense" since it cures several diseases. - Sivakumar Gowder]

Contents
1 Vitamin D and Cardiovascular Diseases
2 Vitamin D and Renal Disease
3 Pleiotropic Effects of Vitamin D in Kidney Disease
4 Vitamin Deficiency Among the Elderly Institutionalized Patients
5 Vitamin D Affects Neuronal Peptides in Neurodegenerative Disease: Differences of V-D2 and V-D3 for Affinity to Amyloid-β and Scrapie Prion Protein In Vitro
6 Vitamin D and Colorectal Carcinogenesis
7 Vitamin D, Its Receptor Gene Polymorphism and Breast Cancer
8 Vitamin D3 and Neurofibromatosis Type 1
9 Pathogenic and Therapeutic Role of Vitamin D in Antiphospholipid Syndrome Patients
10 Therapeutic and Prophylactic Potential of Vitamin D for Multiple Sclerosis
11 Nanoparticles for Delivery of Vitamin D: Challenges and Opportunities