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CX3CL1 in Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease: Plasma Dynamics Across Age and Disease Stages

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Backgrounds Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by amyloid‐beta plaques, tau tangles, and neuroinflammation. C‐X3‐C motif chemokine ligand 1 (CX3CL1, also known as fractalkine), a neuroimmune chemokine implicated in AD pathogenesis, shows inconsistent alterations in plasma/serum across studies.
Ling Wang, Yujie Liu, Fei Li, Xuelin Li, Lanlan Li, Jie Zhang, Yali Xu   +6 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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DHCR7 mutations linked to higher vitamin D status allowed early human migration to Northern latitudes [PDF]

, 2013
Vitamin D is essential for a wide range of physiological processes including immune function and calcium homeostasis. Recent investigations have identified candidate genes which are strongly linked to concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D. Since there is
Robert Walton, Hyppönen, E., Walton, Robert T., Kuan, V, Valerie Kuan, Griffiths, C. J., Martineau, AR, Hyppoenen, E, Hyppönen, E, Elina Hyppönen, Martineau, A. R., Walton, R, Griffiths, CJ, Adrian R Martineau, Kuan, V., Chris J Griffiths   +15 more
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A Prospective Study of Individuals at Risk of Multiple Sclerosis Informs the Design of Primary Prevention Studies

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective In multiple sclerosis, the optimal time for deploying a therapeutic intervention is before the central nervous system is damaged; given the success of trials treating the earliest stage of MS, the radiologically isolated syndrome, developing primary prevention strategies is an important next challenge.
Amy W. Laitinen, Ceren Tozlu, Tina Roostaei, Fatoumata Diallo, Kaho Onomichi, Jiyeon Son, Zongqi Xia, Philip L. De Jager   +7 more
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Non-classical effects of vitamin D

Остеопороз и остеопатии, 2018
Since the discovery of vitamin D, interest in role of vitamin D in human body is consistently growing, and there is increasing evidence that vitamin D is not only essential to bone health but may also be involved in physiology of many other tissues. Thus
Ekaterina A. Pigarova, Alexandra A. Petrushkina   +1 more
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Low vitamin D status adversely affects bone health parameters in adolescents

, 2008
Background: The effects of subclinical vitamin D deficiency on bone mineral density (BMD) and bone turnover in adolescents, especially in boys, are unclear.Objective: We aimed to investigate the relations of different stages of vitamin D status and BMD ...
Cashman, Kevin D, Tom R Hill, Robson, Paula J, Kiely, Mairead, Wallace, Julie MW, Werner Dubitzky, Flynn, Albert, Dubitzky, Werner, Kevin D Cashman, Liam Murray, Paula J Robson, Julie MW Wallace, Colin A Boreham, JJ Strain, Cotter, Alice A, Albert Flynn, Mairead Kiely, Strain, J J, Boreham, Colin A, Hill, Tom R, Murray, Liam, Alice A Cotter   +21 more
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Vitamin D: The "sunshine" vitamin.

Journal of pharmacology & pharmacotherapeutics, 2012
Vitamin D insufficiency affects almost 50% of the population worldwide. An estimated 1 billion people worldwide, across all ethnicities and age groups, have a vitamin D deficiency (VDD). This pandemic of hypovitaminosis D can mainly be attributed to lifestyle (for example, reduced outdoor activities) and environmental (for example, air pollution ...
Nair, Rathish, Maseeh, Arun
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Normal‐Appearing White Matter Injury Mediates Chronic Deep Venous Hypoxia and Disease Progression in Multiple Sclerosis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To explore how cerebral hypoxia and Normal‐Appearing White Matter (NAWM) integrity affect MS lesion burden and clinical course. Methods Seventy‐nine MS patients, including 13 clinically isolated syndrome (CIS) patients and 66 relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) patients, and 44 healthy controls (HCs) were recruited from ...
Xinli Wang, Huiying Wang, Zhizheng Zhuo, Ai Guo, Ke Lv, Decai Tian, Chao Chai, Yunyun Duan, Shuang Xia   +8 more
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A genetic validation study reveals a role of vitamin D metabolism in the response to interferon-alfa-based therapy of chronic hepatitis C [PDF]

, 2012
Background: To perform a comprehensive study on the relationship between vitamin D metabolism and the response to interferon-α-based therapy of chronic hepatitis C.
Jörg Bojunga, Raffaele Malinverni, Gerlach, Tilman J., Gerlach, Tilman J, Tilman J Gerlach, Swiss Hepatitis C Cohort Study Group,, Berg, T., Kutalik, Z., Stephanie Bibert, Christian M Lange, Geier, Andreas, Dufour, Jean-François Jacques, Thomas Berg, Malinverni, Raffaele, Regenass, S., Burgisser, Philippe, Regenass, Stephan, Badenhoop, Klaus, Bojunga, Jörg, Lange, Christian M, Dufour, J. F., Stephan Regenass, Gerlach, Tilman Joern, Swiss Hepatitis C Cohort Study Group, Bochud, P. Y., Dufour, Jean-Francois, Bojunga, J., Andreas Geier, Stefan Zeuzem, Negro, F., Cerny, A., Zoltan Kutalik, Lange, Christian, Pierre-Yves Bochud, Sarrazin, C., Tobias Müller, Sarrazin, Christoph, Lange, C. M., Cerny, Andreas, Kutalik, Zoltán, Bibert, S., Malinverni, R., Moradpour, Darius, Christoph Sarrazin, Burgisser, P., Gerlach, T. J., Moradpour, D., Bibert, Stephanie, Klaus Badenhoop, Zeuzem, S., Negro, Francesco, Müller, Tobias, Badenhoop, K., Andreas Cerny, Bochud, Pierre-Yves, Geier, A., Heim, M. H., Muller, T., Francesco Negro, Berg, Thomas, Markus H Heim, Heim, Markus H., Darius Moradpour, Jean-Francois Dufour, Philippe Burgisser, Heim, Markus H, Zeuzem, Stefan   +66 more
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SPG4 and Dementia: Expanding the Clinical Spectrum

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) is a group of disorders characterized by progressive spasticity and lower limb weakness, with mutations in SPG4/SPAST being the most common cause. Detailed studies and clinical and molecular comparisons across different populations are missing.
Emanuele Panza, Arun Meyyazhagan, Eliseo Picchi, Gustavo Ribas, Ingrid Faber, Ryosuke Miyamoto, Preethi Basavaraju, Paolo Eusebi, Haripriya Kuchi Bhotla, Mario Stasi, Fabrizio Gaudiello, Francesco Patti, Filippo Maria Santorelli, Marcondes Cavalcante França Jr, José Luiz Pedroso, Orlando Graziani Povoas Barsottini, Hélio Afonso Ghizoni Teive, Peter Henry St George‐Hyslop, Toshitaka Kawarai, Antonio Orlacchio   +19 more
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