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Vitamin A and Pregnancy: A Narrative Review
Nutrients, 2019 Vitamin A is a crucial micronutrient for pregnant women and their fetuses. In addition to being essential for morphological and functional development and for ocular integrity, vitamin A exerts systemic effects on several fetal organs and on the fetal ...
Sabina Bastos Maia +6 more
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Vitamin C—Sources, Physiological Role, Kinetics, Deficiency, Use, Toxicity, and Determination
Nutrients, 2021 Vitamin C (L-ascorbic acid) has been known as an antioxidant for most people. However, its physiological role is much larger and encompasses very different processes ranging from facilitation of iron absorption through involvement in hormones and ...
M. Doseděl +10 more
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Vitamin A Transport Mechanism of the Multitransmembrane Cell-Surface Receptor STRA6. [PDF]
, 2015 Vitamin A has biological functions as diverse as sensing light for vision, regulating stem cell differentiation, maintaining epithelial integrity, promoting immune competency, regulating learning and memory, and acting as a key developmental morphogen ...
Kassai, Miki +4 more
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Czech Journal of Animal Science, 2017 The objective of this study was to explore how retinoic acid (RA) attenuates oxidative injury induced by hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in bovine mammary epithelial cells (BMEC).
Lu Jin +5 more
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Vitamin D Supplements and Prevention of Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease
New England Journal of Medicine, 2019 BACKGROUND It is unclear whether supplementation with vitamin D reduces the risk of cancer or cardiovascular disease, and data from randomized trials are limited.
J. Manson +15 more
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The health effects of vitamin D supplementation: evidence from human studies
Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2021 Vitamin D supplementation can prevent and cure nutritional rickets in infants and children. Preclinical and observational data suggest that the vitamin D endocrine system has a wide spectrum of skeletal and extra-skeletal activities.
R. Bouillon +5 more
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DO IT Trial: vitamin D Outcomes and Interventions in Toddlers - a TARGet Kids! randomized controlled trial. [PDF]
, 2014 BackgroundVitamin D levels are alarmingly low (<75 nmol/L) in 65-70% of North American children older than 1 year. An increased risk of viral upper respiratory tract infections (URTI), asthma-related hospitalizations and use of anti-inflammatory ...
Birken, Catherine S +10 more
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Frontiers in Public HealthProviding children healthy diversified diets is important for their optimal growth and development. The high prevalence of under-nourishment during the critical early life period is of serious concern in West Africa.
Amynah Janmohamed +9 more
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Critical reviews in biochemistry and molecular biology, 2019 Diet is an important regulator of the gastrointestinal microbiota. Vitamin A and vitamin D deficiencies result in less diverse, dysbiotic microbial communities and increased susceptibility to infection or injury of the gastrointestinal tract. The vitamin
M. Cantorna +2 more
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The Effects of Vitamin D on Immune System and Inflammatory Diseases
Biomolecules, 2021 Immune cells, including dendritic cells, macrophages, and T and B cells, express the vitamin D receptor and 1α-hydroxylase. In vitro studies have shown that 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D, the active form of vitamin D, has an anti-inflammatory effect.
Tomoka Ao, J. Kikuta, M. Ishii
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