Vitamin D: Newer Concepts of Its Metabolism and Function at the Basic and Clinical Level. [PDF]
, 2020 The interest in vitamin D continues unabated with thousands of publications contributing to a vast and growing literature each year. It is widely recognized that the vitamin D receptor (VDR) and the enzymes that metabolize vitamin D are found in many ...
Bikle, Daniel D
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Vitamin K catabolite inhibition of ovariectomy-induced bone loss: Structure–activity relationship considerations [PDF]
, 2014 The potential benefit of vitamin K as a therapeutic in osteoporosis is controversial and the vitamin K regimen being used clinically (45 mg/day) employs doses that are many times higher than required to ensure maximal gamma‐carboxylation of the vitamin K‐
Emery, R +5 more
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Health Sciences ReviewIschemic heart disease remains a leading cause of global mortality, primarily attributed to atherosclerosis-induced blockage in the coronary arteries.
Chetan Sharma, Dr. Claire Williams
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Non-skeletal activities of vitamin d: From physiology to brain pathology [PDF]
, 2019 Vitamin D is a secosteroid hormone regulating the expression of almost 900 genes, and it is involved in the regulation of calcium and phosphate metabolism, immune response, and brain development.
Bruna Lo Sasso +6 more
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Women in resource-poor settings are at risk of inadequate intakes of multiple micronutrients.
, 2010 A systematic review was conducted to identify all studies that were published between 1988 and 2008 reporting micronutrient intakes of women in resource-poor settings.
Arimond, Mary +3 more
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Vitamin D supplementation in systemic lupus erythematosus patients with vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency : the effect on disease activity, fatigue and interferon signature gene expression [PDF]
, 2019 Background: Vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) [1]. Evidence from multiple studies has shown that vitamin D deficiency in SLE is associated with a higher disease activity [2].
Borg, Andrew +4 more
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Archives of Public HealthBackground Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is a major public health problem in India, where approximately 62% of children under five have low retinol levels (
Shilpa Bhatte +10 more
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Behavioral Sciences, 2023 An estimated sixty-nine million people sustain a traumatic brain injury each year. Trauma to the brain causes the primary insult and initiates a secondary biochemical cascade as part of the immune and reparative response to injury. The secondary cascade,
Rebecca J. Denniss, Lynne A. Barker
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The Chemistry of Vitamins [PDF]
Science, 1921 There has been a notable revival of interest in the chemistry of vitamins within the past few years. The recent work has led to the isolation of more or less completely crystalline compounds having the properties ascribed to vitamins A, B and D. The evidence now available appears to definitely establish the conclusion that vitamins are not to be ...
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Is there a role for vitamin C in preventing osteoporosis and fractures?:A review of the potential underlying mechanisms and current epidemiological evidence [PDF]
, 2014 Osteoporosis and related fractures are a major global health issue, but there are few preventative strategies. Previously reported associations between higher intakes of fruits and vegetables and skeletal health have been suggested to be partly ...
Ailsa A. Welch +23 more
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