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Vitamin D status among adults in the Aegean region of Turkey [PDF]

, 2010
Background Vitamin D is a lipid-soluble hormone found in certain foods and synthesized from precursors in the skin when exposed to ultraviolet light. Vitamin D plays a critical role in bone metabolism and many cellular and immunological processes and low
Zeliha Hekimsoy, Gönül Dinç, Sabriye Kafesçiler, Ece Onur, Yesim Güvenç, Tümer Pala, Feyzullah Güçlü, Bilgin Özmen   +7 more
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Hypovitaminosis D: a novel finding in primary ciliary dyskinesia [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: A relationship between low levels of serum vitamin D and respiratory infections has been established. No study has examined the frequency and clinical relevance of vitamin D deficiency in patients with primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD ...
Caffarelli, Carlo, Di Micco, Laida Lisa, Maglione, Marco, Mazzarella, Claudia, Mirra, Virginia, Montella, Silvia, Perruolo, Giuseppe, Santamaria, Francesca, Valentino, Rossella   +8 more
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Efficiency of treatment with vitamin D on biochemical indexes, lipid profile, and fatty liver indexes in type 2 diabetic patients with vitamin D deficiency and nonalcoholic fatty liver [PDF]

, 2016
Prevalence of metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, and non alcoholic fatty liver has been recently on rise in worldwide. This study was conducted to explore the association between vitamin D deficiency and incidence of fatty liver disease in type 2 ...
Asadi-Samani, Majid., Dabbaghmanesh, Alireza., Dayani, Mohammad Ali., Mirhosseini, Mahmoud., Sedehi, Morteza.   +4 more
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A New Light on Vitamin D in Obesity: A Novel Association with Trimethylamine-N-Oxide (TMAO) [PDF]

, 2019
: Vitamin D deficiency and obesity are two public health problems extensively exacerbated over the last years. Among the several mechanisms proposed to account for the complex interplay between vitamin D and obesity, one that has gained particular ...
Annunziata, G., Barrea, L., Colao, A., de Alteriis, G., Laudisio, D., Muscogiuri, G., Savastano, S., Tenore, G. C.   +7 more
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Vitamin D deficiency in human and murine sepsis [PDF]

, 2017
Objectives: Vitamin D deficiency has been implicated as a pathogenic factor in sepsis and ICU mortality but causality of these associations has not been demonstrated.
Amrein, Braun, Braun, Cannell, Danai, Dancer, de Haan, Dellinger, Gombart, Greenwood, Hyppönen, Jeng, Kovach, Lax, Leaf, Leaf, Marcinowska-Suchowierska, Moromizato, Møller, Nair, Nathani, Owens, Parekh, Parekh, Patel, Quraishi, Remmelts, Sherman, Shoben, Thickett, Upala, van Schoor   +31 more
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Chronic Vitamin D deficiency and its effects on human health: A literature review

APIK Journal of Internal Medicine
Introduction: Vitamin D plays a vital role as an essential nutrient for human health, but a significant number of people worldwide have a deficiency in this vitamin.
Maria Nefeli Georgaki, Charalampos Georgakis, Marianna Charalambous, Katerina Mamisi, Sofia Karachrysafi   +4 more
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Vitamin D and the brain: key questions for future research [PDF]

, 2015
Over the last decade a convergent body of evidence has emerged from epidemiology, animal experiments and clinical trials which links low vitamin D status with a range of adverse neuropsychiatric outcomes.
Burne, Thomas H., Cui, Xiaoying, Eyles, Darryl W., Gooch, Helen, Groves, Natalie J., McGrath, John J., Sah, Pankaj   +6 more
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Is Vitamin D Deficiency Prevalent in Healthy 6-year-old Children in Isfahan City?

مجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان, 2007
BACKGROUND: Vitamin D is essential for the maintenance of good health, and vitamin D deficiency has been reported from many countries including sunny ones.
Mehdi Salek, Homayoun Rafati, Mahin Hashemipour, Pouneh Memar Ardestani, Hossein Nezhadnik, Masoud Amini, Seyed Mohsen Hosseini   +6 more
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Vitamin D : its role in the musculoskeletal system and beyond [PDF]

, 2017
Vitamin D deficiency has a high prevalence due to inadequate exposure to sunlight and its limited presence in foods. Vitamin D deficiency has well-known consequences on the musculoskeletal system, namely osteoporosis and frequent falls in the elderly, in
Borg, Andrew, Magro, Rosalie
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Vitamin D Signaling through Induction of Paneth Cell Defensins Maintains Gut Microbiota and Improves Metabolic Disorders and Hepatic Steatosis in Animal Models. [PDF]

, 2016
Metabolic syndrome (MetS), characterized as obesity, insulin resistance, and non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases (NAFLD), is associated with vitamin D insufficiency/deficiency in epidemiological studies, while the underlying mechanism is poorly addressed.
Cai, Linbi, Chen, Zishuo, Duan, Zhongping, Han, Yuan-Ping, Hu, Richard, Lai, Yuchen, Liu, Zhenqui, Lugea, Aurelia, Luo, Mei, Nie, Yuanyang, Pandol, Stephen J, Su, Danmei, Sun, Qun, Tsukamoto, Hidekazu, Wu, Guihui, Wu, Pengfei, Xiao, Zhixiong, Zhang, Li, Zheng, Sujun, Zhu, Airu   +19 more
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