Communications Biology (Nov 2022)

Vitamin D status modulates mitochondrial oxidative capacities in skeletal muscle: role in sarcopenia

  • Jérôme Salles,
  • Audrey Chanet,
  • Christelle Guillet,
  • Anouk MM. Vaes,
  • Elske M. Brouwer-Brolsma,
  • Christophe Rocher,
  • Christophe Giraudet,
  • Véronique Patrac,
  • Emmanuelle Meugnier,
  • Christophe Montaurier,
  • Philippe Denis,
  • Olivier Le Bacquer,
  • Adeline Blot,
  • Marion Jourdan,
  • Yvette Luiking,
  • Matthew Furber,
  • Miriam Van Dijk,
  • Nicolas Tardif,
  • Y. Yves Boirie,
  • Stéphane Walrand

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04246-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

Read online

Vitamin D has an impact on mitochondrial biogenesis and oxidative activity in skeletal muscle both in vitro and in vivo, and vitamin D supplementation in older people may improve muscle mass and strength.