Iron Deficiency in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Is Associated With Low Levels of Vitamin D Modulating Serum Hepcidin and Intestinal Ceruloplasmin Expression.
Johannes StallhoferLisa VeithJulia DiegelmannPhilipp ProbstStephan BrandFabian SchnitzlerTorsten OlszakHelga TörökJulia MayerleAndreas StallmachFlorian BeigelPublished in: Clinical and translational gastroenterology (2022)
Low vitamin D levels in IBD correlate with iron deficiency. Vitamin D may ameliorate iron deficiency, potentially by downregulating hepcidin and upregulating ceruloplasmin, enhancing intestinal iron absorption.