These findings caution that vitamin D should be supplemented in a controlled and moderate manner in patients with MS and concomitantly highlight calcium as a novel potential MS risk factor by itself. Mechanistically dissecting this outcome, we found that hypercalcemia independent of vitamin D similarly triggered activation of disease-perpetuating T cells.

Of note, disease exacerbation was associated with high-dose vitamin D caused secondary hypercalcemia. Recently, we could show that in a murine model of MS, administration of a moderate vitamin D dose was of clinical benefit, while excessive vitamin D supplementation had a negative effect on disease severity.

However, it remains unclear whether this association is causal and related and most importantly, whether vitamin D supplementation in MS is of direct therapeutic benefit. Vitamin D deficiency is also discussed as a possible disease-promoting factor in MS, as low vitamin D status is associated with increased formation of CNS lesions, elevated number of relapses and accelerated disease progression. The exact cause of multiple sclerosis (MS) is unknown however, it is considered to be an inflammatory disease of the central nervous system (CNS) triggered by a combination of both environmental and genetic factors. 2Department of Neurology, University Medical Center, Göttingen, Germany.1Department of Neuropathology, Institute of Neuropathology, University Medical Center, Göttingen, Germany.Darius Häusler 1 †, Sebastian Torke 1 † and Martin S.

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