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Vitamin D Sources, Metabolism, and Deficiency: Available Compounds and Guidelines for Its Treatment
Metabolites, 2021 Studies on vitamin/hormone D deficiency have received a vast amount of attention in recent years, particularly concerning recommendations, guidelines, and treatments.
Ligia J. Dominguez +3 more
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Effect of Vitamin D on Graft-versus-Host Disease
Biomedicines, 2022 The different cell subsets of the immune system express the vitamin D receptor (VDR). Through the VDR, vitamin D exerts different functions that influence immune responses, as previously shown in different preclinical models.
Alfonso Rodríguez-Gil +4 more
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Calcifediol (25OH Vitamin D3) Deficiency: A Risk Factor from Early to Old Age
, 2022 Vitamin D deficiency is the main cause of nutritional rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults. There is consensus that nutritional access to vitamin D can be estimated by measuring serum concentrations of 25OHD and vitamin D deficiency can thus be
Bouillon, Roger +5 more
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ASSOCIATION OF CALCIFEDIOL LEVELS WITH VERTEBRAL FRACTURES, VASCULAR CALCIFICATIONS AND MORTALITY.
Kidney Research and Clinical Practice, 2012 The best biomarker of Vitamin D status is calcifediol [25(OH)D]. We investigated the relationship between serum calcifediol levels and vertebral fractures (VF), vascular calcifications (VC) and mortality in hemodialysis patients.
Maria Fusaro +6 more
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Oman Medical Journal, 2020 Objectives: We sought to assess the modulation of interleukin-8 (IL-8) production by vitamin D supplementation in Indonesian patients with diabetic polyneuropathy (DPN).
Aida Fitri +3 more
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Bone Fragility in Chronic Kidney Disease Stage 3 to 5: The Use of Vitamin D Supplementation
Metabolites, 2022 Frequently silent until advanced stages, bone fragility associated with chronic kidney disease-mineral and bone disease (CKD-MBD) is one of the most devastating complications of CKD.
Pablo Antonio Ureña Torres +2 more
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Vitamin D supplementation in a post-pandemic era: A narrative review
South African Family Practice, 2023 Vitamin D is a fat-soluble molecule referring to the different isoforms, ergocalciferol (D2) and cholecalciferol (D3). Its physiological functions include increasing calcium serum concentrations. 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (25(OH)D) (Calcifediol), a non-active,
Pheagane G. Bopape +3 more
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Calcifediol in patients with hip fractures
International Journal of Bone Fragility, 2023 Vitamin D deficiency has a high prevalence in the elderly population. This condition can cause sarcopenia and osteoporomalacia, which are associated with an increased risk of falls and fractures, especially of the proximal femur. These fractures have devastating consequences in terms of mortality, disability, and healthcare and social costs ...
Moretti, Antimo +6 more
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Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022 Vitamin D is a key regulator in calcium and phosphorus metabolism which are essential for maintaining bone health. Recent reports also showed a role for vitamin D in immune regulation which may be linked to vitamin D deficiency in autoimmune disorders ...
Joseph A. Vaccaro +2 more
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Estimation of the influence of exogenous factors on the vitamin D deficiency in pregnant women in Saint Petersburg [PDF]
Гинекология, 2017 Vitamin D is a precursor of calcitriol, a secosteroid hormone regulating calcium-phosphorus metabolism and a wide range of proliferative and immune responses. Solar UV radiation (290-315 nm) is an initiator of vitamin D production in the human skin.
E L Khazova +2 more
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