Dupuytren’s Contracture: Overview, Symptoms, Causes, Treatment and Management

Nutritional deficiencies

Nutritional deficiencies

The nutritional deficiencies, specifically including the deficiency of vitamin D increases the production of reactive oxygen species in the mitochondria, which leads to the excess production of collagen protein in the Wnt signalling pathway. The deficiency of vitamin D also stimulates the differentiation of fibroblasts, thus producing abnormal muscle contractions in hand.