Vitamin D is synthesized by?
The keratinocytes of the skin are unique in being not only the primary source of vitamin D for the body, but in possessing the enzymatic machinery to metabolize vitamin D to its active metabolite 1,25 dihydroxy vitamin D. Fuhermore, these cells also express the vitamin D receptor (VDR) that enables them to respond to the 1,25(OH)2D they produce.
Keratinocytes
Granular cells
Melanocytes
Prickle cells
Nutrition and Metabolic disorders,Systemic conditions ,Genodermatoses, Connective tissue disorders,Photodermatoses