[HTML][HTML] Gender differences in autoimmune disease

ST Ngo, FJ Steyn, PA McCombe - Frontiers in neuroendocrinology, 2014 - Elsevier
Autoimmune diseases are a range of diseases in which the immune response to self-
antigens results in damage or dysfunction of tissues. Autoimmune diseases can be systemic …

Vitamin D and risk of cause specific death: systematic review and meta-analysis of observational cohort and randomised intervention studies

R Chowdhury, S Kunutsor, A Vitezova… - Bmj, 2014 - bmj.com
Objective To evaluate the extent to which circulating biomarker and supplements of vitamin
D are associated with mortality from cardiovascular, cancer, or other conditions, under …

Inflammation and vitamin D: the infection connection

M Mangin, R Sinha, K Fincher - Inflammation Research, 2014 - Springer
Introduction Inflammation is believed to be a contributing factor to many chronic diseases.
The influence of vitamin D deficiency on inflammation is being explored but studies have not …

Vitamin D deficiency may be a risk factor for recurrent pregnancy losses by increasing cellular immunity and autoimmunity

K Ota, S Dambaeva, AR Han, K Beaman… - Human …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Vitamin D, a steroid hormone, is well known to be involved in calciumphosphate
homeostasis and bone metabolism (Halloran et al., 1990; Yoshizawa et al., 1997; Panda et …

Vitamin D deficiency in alopecia areata

A Aksu Cerman, S Sarikaya Solak… - British Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Background Alopecia areata (AA) is a T cell‐mediated autoimmune disease that causes
inflammation around anagen‐stage hair follicles. Insufficient levels of vitamin D have been …

[PDF][PDF] Low serum vitamin D is associated with anti-thyroid peroxidase antibody in autoimmune thyroiditis

DY Shin, KJ Kim, D Kim, S Hwang… - Yonsei medical …, 2014 - synapse.koreamed.org
Purpose The association between autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITDs) and vitamin D
deficiency is controversial. We aimed to evaluate the relationship between serum 25 …

Myasthenia Gravis: paradox versus paradigm in autoimmunity

S Berrih-Aknin - Journal of autoimmunity, 2014 - Elsevier
Myasthenia Gravis (MG) is a paradigm of organ-specific autoimmune disease (AID). It is
mediated by antibodies that target the neuromuscular junction. The purpose of this review is …

Low levels of serum vitamin D3 are associated with autoimmune thyroid disease in pre-menopausal women

YM Choi, WG Kim, TY Kim, SJ Bae, HK Kim, EK Jang… - Thyroid, 2014 - liebertpub.com
Background: Low serum vitamin D levels have been associated with several autoimmune
diseases, but their association with thyroid autoimmunity is unclear. We evaluated the …

Associations between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and disease activity, inflammatory cytokines and bone loss in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Q Hong, J Xu, S Xu, L Lian, M Zhang, C Ding - Rheumatology, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Objective. The aim of this study was to describe the associations between serum levels of 25-
hydroxyvitamin D [25 (OH) D] and disease activity, inflammatory cytokines and bone …

Polymorphous light eruption: clinic aspects and pathogenesis

A Gruber-Wackernagel, SN Byrne… - Dermatologic clinics, 2014 - derm.theclinics.com
Polymorphous light eruption (PMLE) is the most common photodermatosis, with a
prevalence of up to approximately 20%, particularly among young women in temperate …