Is vitamin D a player or not in the pathophysiology of autoimmune thyroid diseases?

F D'Aurizio, D Villalta, P Metus, P Doretto, R Tozzoli - Autoimmunity reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
Dihydroxyvitamin D is a steroid hormone derived from vitamin D, playing an important role in
maintaining an adequate serum level of calcium and phosphorus. It is now clear that vitamin …

Inflammation fuels tumor progress and metastasis

J Liu, P Charles Lin, BP Zhou - Current pharmaceutical design, 2015 - ingentaconnect.com
Inflammation is a beneficial response that can remove pathogens, repair injured tissue and
restore homeostasis to damaged tissues and organs. However, increasing evidence …

Seasonal variations in serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D levels in a Swedish cohort

E Klingberg, G Oleröd, J Konar, M Petzold… - Endocrine, 2015 - Springer
To study seasonal inter-individual and intra-individual variations in serum 25-hydroxy
vitamin D (25 (OH) D) and to explore parameters associated with 25 (OH) D in a healthy …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of urinary tract infection among pregnant women and its complications in their newborns during the birth in the hospitals of Dezful city, Iran, 2012 …

M Amiri, Z Lavasani, R Norouzirad… - Iranian Red Crescent …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the most common disorder caused by bacterial
agents in pregnancy, which can lead to important complications in newborn of such mothers …

Lower serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D level is associated with 3 types of autoimmune thyroid diseases

J Ma, D Wu, C Li, C Fan, N Chao, J Liu, Y Li, R Wang… - Medicine, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Lower Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Level is Associated With 3 T... : Medicine Lower Serum
25-Hydroxyvitamin D Level is Associated With 3 Types of Autoimmune Thyroid Diseases …

Результаты многоцентрового исследования «Родничок» по изучению недостаточности витамина D у детей раннего возраста в России

ИН Захарова, СВ Мальцев, ТЭ Боровик… - … . Журнал им. ГН …, 2015 - cyberleninka.ru
Фундаментальными научными исследованиями установлено, что недостаточность
витамина D распространена по всему миру и оказывает неблагоприятное воздействие …

Prospective population-based study of the association between vitamin D status and incidence of autoimmune disease

T Skaaby, LLN Husemoen, BH Thuesen, A Linneberg - Endocrine, 2015 - Springer
Beside its traditional role in skeletal health, vitamin D is believed to have multiple
immunosuppressant properties, and low vitamin D status has been suggested to be a risk …

Predicting post-vaccination autoimmunity: who might be at risk?

A Soriano, G Nesher, Y Shoenfeld - Pharmacological Research, 2015 - Elsevier
Vaccinations have been used as an essential tool in the fight against infectious diseases,
and succeeded in improving public health. However, adverse effects, including autoimmune …

Vitamin D and autoimmune thyroid diseases: facts and unresolved questions

G Bizzaro, Y Shoenfeld - Immunologic research, 2015 - Springer
Vitamin D deficiency (levels lower than 20 ng/ml) is becoming a global health problem, since
it is increasingly represented even among healthy subjects. Vitamin D, as an environmental …

Association between vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphisms and systemic lupus erythematosus in Portuguese patients

C Carvalho, A Marinho, B Leal, A Bettencourt… - Lupus, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease of unknown origin, in
which both genetic and environmental factors are involved. One such environmental factor is …