A recent study at University of Rochester Medical Center found that vitamin D protects healthy prostate cells from the damage and injuries that can lead to cancer by inducing a specific gene to increase expression of a key enzyme.
The research team discovered one mechanism involving vitamin D that protects cells from oxidative stress. According to researchers, the findings reflect what they saw in those studies and demonstrate that vitamin D not only can be used as a therapy for prostate cancer, it can prevent prostate cancer from happening. The reported in a previous study that vitamin D can inhibit the spread of prostate cancer by limiting the ability of cancer cells to invade healthy cells by reducing the activity of two specific enzymes, proteases called matrix metalloproteinase and cathepsin.
The International Journal of Cancer published the findings in its June 15 issue.
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