Assessment of vitamin D status–a changing landscape

M Herrmann, CJL Farrell, I Pusceddu… - Clinical Chemistry and …, 2017 - degruyter.com
In recent years it has been shown that vitamin D deficiency is associated with an increased
incidence as well as the progression of a broad range of diseases including osteoporosis …

The impact of Vitamin D and L-Cysteine co-supplementation on upregulating glutathione and Vitamin D-metabolizing genes and in the treatment of circulating 25 …

SK Jain, J Justin Margret, SA Abrams, SN Levine… - Nutrients, 2024 - mdpi.com
Vitamin D receptors are expressed in many organs and tissues, which suggests that vitamin
D (VD) affects physiological functions beyond its role in maintaining bone health. Deficiency …

Glutathione stimulates vitamin D regulatory and glucose-metabolism genes, lowers oxidative stress and inflammation, and increases 25-hydroxy-vitamin D levels in …

SK Jain, R Parsanathan, AE Achari… - Antioxidants & redox …, 2018 - liebertpub.com
Abstract Aims: 25-Hydroxyvitamin D [25 (OH) VD] deficiency/inadequacy is a major public
health issue affecting more than 1 billion people worldwide. A convincing association exists …

A comparison study of vitamin D deficiency among older adults in China and the United States

J Wei, A Zhu, JS Ji - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Vitamin D deficiency is a common health concern worldwide. We aim to compare the
prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among older adults (65+) in China and the United States …

Optimal vitamin D supplementation doses that minimize the risk for both low and high serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations in the general population

PJ Veugelers, TM Pham, JP Ekwaru - Nutrients, 2015 - mdpi.com
The Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) is the nutrient intake considered to be
sufficient to meet the requirements of 97.5% of the population. Recent reports revealed a …

Function of the vitamin D endocrine system in mammary gland and breast cancer

JE Welsh - Molecular and cellular endocrinology, 2017 - Elsevier
The nuclear receptor for 1α, 25-dihydroxycholecalciferol (1, 25D), the active form of vitamin
D, has anti-tumor actions in many tissues. The vitamin D receptor (VDR) is expressed in …

Impact of high latitude, urban living and ethnicity on 25-hydroxyvitamin D status: a need for multidisciplinary action?

MM Mendes, AL Darling, KH Hart, S Morse… - The Journal of steroid …, 2019 - Elsevier
The effects of urban living on health are becoming increasingly important, due to an
increasing global population residing in urban areas. Concomitantly, due to immigration …

Epidemiology of uterine fibroid in black African women: a systematic scoping review

IO Morhason-Bello, CA Adebamowo - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective Studies, mainly from high-income countries, suggest that there are ethnic and
racial variations in prevalence of uterine fibroids (UF). However, there have been few …

Genetic variants shaping inter-individual differences in response to dietary intakes—a narrative review of the case of vitamins

A Niforou, V Konstantinidou, A Naska - Frontiers in nutrition, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Recent advances in the field of nutrigenetics have provided evidence on how genetic
variations can impact the individuals' response to dietary intakes. An objective and reliable …

Exonic variants of genes related to the vitamin D signaling pathway in the families of familial multiple sclerosis using whole‐exome next generation sequencing

V Pytel, JA Matías‐Guiu, L Torre‐Fuentes… - Brain and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Introduction Vitamin D (VD) deficiency has been associated with multiple sclerosis
(MS) and other autoimmune diseases (AIDs). However, the effect of the genetics of VD on …