“Research at the Buck Institute shows that vitamin D works through genes known to influence longevity and impacts processes associated with many human age-related diseases. The study, published in Cell Reports, may explain why vitamin D deficiency has been linked to breast, colon and prostate cancer, as well as obesity, heart disease and depression.”
Karla A. Mark, Kathleen J. Dumas, Dipa Bhaumik, Birgit Schilling, Sonnet Davis, Tal Ronnen Oron, Dylan J. Sorensen, Mark Lucanic, Rachel B. Brem, Simon Melov, Arvind Ramanathan, Bradford W. Gibson, Gordon J. Lithgow. Vitamin D Promotes Protein Homeostasis and Longevity via the Stress Response Pathway Genes skn-1, ire-1, and xbp-1. Cell Reports, 2016; 17 (5): 1227 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.09.086