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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2023

Vitamin D as a Shield against Aging.

Cristina Fantini, Clarissa Corinaldesi, Andrea Lenzi, Silvia Migliaccio, Clara Crescioli

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Cristina FantiniDepartment of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome "Foro Italico", Piazza Lauro de Bosis, 006-00135 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4697-1983
Clarissa CorinaldesiInstitute for Cancer Genetics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.
Andrea LenziDepartment of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale del Policlinico, 155-00161 Rome, Italy.
Silvia MigliaccioDepartment of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome "Foro Italico", Piazza Lauro de Bosis, 006-00135 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4563-6630
Clara CrescioliDepartment of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome "Foro Italico", Piazza Lauro de Bosis, 006-00135 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3339-3114

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aging can be seen as a physiological progression of biomolecular damage and the accumulation of defective cellular components, which trigger and amplify the process, toward whole-body function weakening. Senescence initiates at the cellular level and consists in an inability to maintain homeostasis, characterized by the overexpression/aberrant expression of inflammatory/immune/stress responses. Aging is associated with significant modifications in immune system cells, toward a decline in immunosurveillance, which, in turn, leads to chronic elevation of inflammation/oxidative stress, increasing the risk of (co)morbidities. Albeit aging is a natural and unavoidable process, it can be regulated by some factors, like lifestyle and diet. Nutrition, indeed, tackles the mechanisms underlying molecular/cellular aging. Many micronutrients, i.e., vitamins and elements, can impact cell function. This review focuses on the role exerted by vitamin D in geroprotection, based on its ability to shape cellular/intracellular processes and drive the immune response toward immune protection against infections and age-related diseases. To this aim, the main biomolecular paths underlying immunosenescence and inflammaging are identified as biotargets of vitamin D. Topics such as heart and skeletal muscle cell function/dysfunction, depending on vitamin D status, are addressed, with comments on hypovitaminosis D correction by food and supplementation. Albeit research has progressed, still limitations exist in translating knowledge into clinical practice, making it necessary to focus attention on the role of vitamin D in aging, especially considering the growing number of older individuals.

Indexed as

ImmunosenescenceVitamin DAgingCellular SenescenceHumansInflammationVitaminsVitamin DVitaminscardiomyocytesimmunocytesimmunosenescenceinflammagingmolecular mechanismsskeletal muscle cellsvitamin D

Identifiers

PMID36901976
PMCPMC10002864

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