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The relationships of vitamin D, vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms, and vitamin D supplementation with Parkinson’s disease

Translational Neurodegeneration, 2020
In recent years, many studies have investigated the correlations between Parkinson’s disease (PD) and vitamin D status, but the conclusion remains elusive.
Lingling Lv, Xuling Tan, Xinke Peng, Rongrong Bai, Qile Xiao, Ting Zou, Jieqiong Tan, Hainan Zhang, Chunyu Wang   +8 more
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Vitamin D. a dynamic molecule. how relevant might the dynamism for a vitamin be [PDF]

, 2015
Cholecalciferol, the precursor of Vitamin D3, is a very old, highly conserved, molecule. Its presence is evident in non-mineralized 750 million-year-old living species, such as plankton.
Mazzaferro, Sandro, Pasquali, Marzia
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MECHANISMS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY: Vitamin D and COVID-19

European Journal of Endocrinology, 2020
The SARS-CoV-2 virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic has generated an explosion of interest both in the mechanisms of infection leading to dissemination and expression of this disease, and in potential risk factors that may have a mechanistic basis
J. Bilezikian, Daniel D Bikle, Martin Hewison, M. Lazaretti-Castro, A. Formenti, Aakriti Gupta, Mahesh V. Madhavan, Nandini Nair, Varta Babalyan, Nicholas Hutchings, N. Napoli, Domenico Accili, N. Binkley, D. W. Landry, Andrea Giustina   +14 more
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Lipid-soluble Vitamins A, D, and E in HIV-Infected Pregnant women in Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2010
There is limited published research examining lipid-soluble vitamins in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected pregnant women, particularly in resource-limited settings.
A Coutsoudis, A Prentice, AJ Roodenburg, B Specker, CM Veldman, D J Hunter, D Spiegelman, D Spiegelman, D Suharno, E Hertzmark, E L Giovannucci, E Villamor, EM Knight, F Ahmed, F M Mugusi, G Antelman, G I Msamanga, G Mulokozi, GA Keverenge-Ettyang, GC Di Renzo, GT Bondevik, H Babbe, H Friis, J Reichrath, JM Baeten, KN Evans, KP West Jr, LC Chappell, LC Stene, LH Allen, LM Bodnar, MF Holick, MF Picciano, MK Horwitt, MR Loeken, O Miettinen, P Christian, P Haga, P Zvandasara, PT Liu, R Kupka, RD Semba, RJ Stoltzfus, S Aboud, S de Pee, S Durrleman, S Mehta, S Yang, SG Hinderaker, SN Meydani, TO Scholl, US Govindarajulu, W Fawzi, W Urassa, W W Fawzi, WHO, WW Fawzi, WW Fawzi, Y Wang, Y Wondmikun, Z Bar-Shavit, Z Zaman   +61 more
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Vitamin D dosage

Mìžnarodnij Endokrinologìčnij Žurnal, 2021
Despite its historical name, vitamin D is not a vitamin at all but a hormone that, when activated, is a metabolically active steroid fat-soluble hormone that acts on cellular receptors.
O.V. Kaminsky
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Vitamin D Status in Hospitalized Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2020
Background The role of vitamin D status in COVID-19 patients is a matter of debate. Objectives To assess serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) levels in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 and to analyze the possible influence of vitamin D status on disease ...
J. Hernández, D. Nan, M. Fernández-Ayala, M. Garcia-Unzueta, M. Hernández-Hernández, M. López-Hoyos, P. Muñoz-Cacho, J. Olmos, M. Gutiérrez-Cuadra, J. Ruiz-Cubillán, J. Crespo, V. Martínez-Taboada   +11 more
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Serum vitamin D decreases during chemotherapy: an Australian prospective cohort study [PDF]

, 2018
Background and Objectives: Vitamin D plays an important role in bone and muscle function, and cell prolifera-tion. The impact of chemotherapy and associated behavioural changes such as fatigue and sun avoidance on vit-amin D (25(OH) D) is unknown.
Isenring, Elisabeth, Karapetis, Christos Stelios, Kichenadasse, Ganessan, Kimlin, Michael G, Koczwara, Bogda, Marshall, Skye, Sukumaran, Shawgi, Teleni, Laisa, Walpole, Euan, Woodman, Richard John   +9 more
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An Update on Vitamin D Metabolism

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020
Vitamin D is a steroid hormone classically involved in the calcium metabolism and bone homeostasis. Recently, new and interesting aspects of vitamin D metabolism has been elucidated, namely the special role of the skin, the metabolic control of liver ...
F. Saponaro, A. Saba, R. Zucchi
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Placenta-specific methylation of the vitamin D 24-hydroxylase gene: implications for feedback autoregulation of active vitamin D levels at the fetomaternal interface [PDF]

, 2009
Plasma concentrations of biologically active vitamin D (1,25- (OH)2D) are tightly controlled via feedback regulation of renal 1-hydroxylase (CYP27B1; positive) and 24-hydroxylase (CYP24A1; catabolic) enzymes.
Albertson, Anderson, Arai, Avila, Barrera, Barrera, Bock, Bodnar, Boris Novakovic, Carter, Chaddha, Chiu, Chung, Coan, d'Alesio, Danielle Evain-Brion, Davis, Deeb, DeLuca, Delvin, Delvin, Diaz, Dimitriadis, Dodds, Du, Dusso, Eva Dimitriadis, Evans, Evans, Fischer, Friso, Holick, Hong Kiat Ng, Jeffrey M. Craig, Jennings, Kim, Kohler, Kovacs, Kumar, Lauridsen, Leader, Lechner, Li, Liu, Lohnes, Lopez, Lopez, Makin, Malloy, Mandy Sibson, Masuda, Muller, Murayama, Nelen, Nelen, Nelen, Novakovic, Ohyama, Pattillo, Pattillo, Paulson, Pavan, Peehl, Pendas-Franco, Pospechova, Rahnama, Rakyan, Richard Saffery, Ron, Ross, Ross, Ruth Morley, Salle, Seely, Serman, Shih Ie, Sikora, Siu-Caldera, Soundararajan, Stephan Beck, Stephanou, Sung, Tapia, Tashiro, Taylor, Thierry Fournier, Thomas Down, Tsang, Ursula Manuelpillai, Valdivielso, van der Molen, Vardhman Rakyan, Vigano, von Rango, Whitfield, Wietrzyk, Wong, Wong, Xie, Zehnder, Zhang, Zhou   +101 more
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The D-lightful vitamin d for health [PDF]

Journal of Medical Biochemistry, 2013
Vitamin D is the sunshine vitamin that is not only important for children's and adults' skeletal health but is also impor­tant for their overall health and wellbeing.
Holick Michael F.
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