Vitamin d - pivotal nutraceutical in the regulation of cancer metastasis and angiogenesis. – 2013

Curr Med Chem. 2013;20(33):4109-20.
Xu J, Li W, Ma J, Liu J, Sha H, Zhou S, Wang F, Ma Q.
Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 277 West Yanta Road, Xi'an 710061, China. qyma56@mail.xjtu.edu.cn.

Various epidemiological studies have demonstrated that vitamin D may play important roles in the pathogenesis and progression of cancer.

Vitamin D is one of the most pivotal nutraceuticals whose active metabolite, calcitriol (1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3), possesses anti-proliferative, pro-apoptotic, and pro-differentiating capabilities.

Accumulating evidence indicates that the potential benefits of using vitamin D in cancer are not only anti-cancer cell proliferation which is linked with its anti-inflammatory effects, including the suppression of prostaglandin metabolism and inhibition of NF-κB signaling, but also suppressing tumor metastasis and angiogenesis.

Here, we present a systematic summary of the effects of vitamin D in the chemoprevention and chemotherapy of cancer, especially anti-metastatic and anti-angiogenic actions.

PMID: 23895682


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