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Genetic analyses reveal a role for vitamin D insufficiency in HCV-associated hepatocellular carcinoma development [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Background: Vitamin D insufficiency has been associated with the occurrence of various types of cancer, but causal relationships remain elusive. We therefore aimed to determine the relationship between genetic determinants of vitamin D serum levels and ...
Jörg Bojunga   +127 more
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A study of vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in vitiligo patients and controls

open access: yesClinical Dermatology Review, 2022
Background: Vitiligo is a common pigmentary disorder affecting 0.1%–2% of the global population. Recently, interest has evoked in the role of Vitamin D in decreasing the risk of several chronic diseases.
Tonita M Noronha   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dietary vitamin D, vitamin D receptor, and microbiome [PDF]

open access: yesCurrent Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & Metabolic Care, 2018
The current review is to summarize the recent progress of vitamin D/vitamin D receptor (VDR) and microbiome in intestinal homeostasis, airway function, and other organs.Microbiome is considered as a newly discovered human organ. It is critical in the synthesis of vitamins and harvest of otherwise inaccessible nutrients, metabolism of xenobiotics, body ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Vitamin D Status and its Association with Morbidity Including Wasting and Opportunistic Illnesses in HIV-Infected Women in Tanzania [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Vitamin D has a potential role in preventing HIV-related complications, based on its extensive involvement in immune and metabolic function, including preventing osteoporosis and premature cardiovascular disease.
Mugusi, Ferdinand M   +31 more
core   +1 more source

Tea and coffee consumption in relation to vitamin D and calcium levels in Saudi adolescents [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Background Coffee and tea consumption was hypothesized to interact with variants of vitamin D-receptor polymorphisms, but limited evidence exists. Here we determine for the first time whether increased coffee and tea consumption affects circulating ...
Al-Othman, Abdulaziz   +35 more
core   +1 more source

Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms in atopy

open access: yesImmunity, Inflammation and Disease, 2021
Background The occurrence of allergic conditions, for example allergic asthma, rhinitis, and atopic dermatitis, is rising worldwide. These allergic conditions are associated with poor life quality.
Laura Tamasauskiene   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Association between vitamin D and hypertension in people coming for health check up to a tertiary care centre in South India

open access: yesJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2019
Introduction: Vitamin D has many effects apart from its role in calcium metabolism and bone health. Vitamin D is derived from endogenous ultraviolet-B induced vitamin D synthesis in the skin, and the current high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in ...
Rose Mary J. Vatakencherry, L Saraswathy
doaj   +1 more source

Association between Micronutrients (Vitamin A, D, Iron) and Schistosome-Specific Cytokine Responses in Zimbabweans Exposed to Schistosoma haematobium [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Micronutrients play an important role in the development of effective immune responses. This study characterised a populations exposed to schistosome infections in terms of the relationship between micronutrients and immune responses.
Norman Nausch   +14 more
core   +1 more source

Effect of Vitamin D in HN9.10e Embryonic Hippocampal Cells and in Hippocampus from MPTP-Induced Parkinson’s Disease Mouse Model

open access: yesFrontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2018
It has long been proven that neurogenesis continues in the adult brains of mammals in the dentatus gyrus of the hippocampus due to the presence of neural stem cells.
Samuela Cataldi   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

open access: yesTranslational 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   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

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