NIN study links Vitamin D deficiency to heart cell damage
Researchers at the ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition have linked Vitamin D deficiency to increased oxidative stress and cardiac cell damage. The study suggests that adequate Vitamin D levels are essential for maintaining cellular defense mechanisms in heart tissue.
Why it matters
Understanding the cellular impact of Vitamin D deficiency provides potential pathways for preventing heart-related complications.
Vitamin D deficiency may damage the heart at the cellular level by disrupting the body’s natural defence mechanisms against stress and injury, researchers at the ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) said.
Their latest study suggested that inadequate vitamin D levels can increase oxidative stress in heart tissue, trigger cellular stress responses and ultimately lead to the death of cardiac cells. The study, titled “Vitamin D mitigates oxidative and endoplasmic reticulum stress and protects cardiac tissue from apoptotic cell death in vivo and in vitro,” was conducted using rat models and laboratory-grown rat heart cells.
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