Vitamin D Receptor Resistance
Lower inflammation may make vitamin D receptors more responsive and improve cellular vitamin D activity. Vitamin D must enter cells and act through the vitamin D receptor to produce its effects. Vitamin D receptor resistance can create fun…
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Lower inflammation may make vitamin D receptors more responsive and improve cellular vitamin D activity. Vitamin D must enter cells and act through the vitamin D receptor to produce its effects. Vitamin D receptor resistance can create functional deficiency even when blood vitamin D appears normal. Inflammation and past infections are described as factors that can impair the vitamin D receptor. Vitamin D receptor resistance is linked in the article to autoimmune diseases, asthma, depression, hypertension, and immune vulnerability.