Vitamin D Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Vitamin D, including details on sources, melanin, benefits, deficiency, supplements, calcium absorption.

Volume 3 (2006), Issue 9 (September)

1. 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 transcriptionally represses p45Skp2 expression via the Sp1 sites in human prostate cancer cells.
   J Cell Physiol, 209(2): 363-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Raf-1 signaling is required for the later stages of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3-induced differentiation of HL60 cells but is not mediated by the MEK/ERK module.
   J Cell Physiol, 209(2): 253-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Calcitriol sensitizes colon cancer cells to H2O2-induced cytotoxicity while inhibiting caspase activation.
   J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol, 101(2): 151-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Monocyte-derived cells express CYP27A1 and convert vitamin D3 into its active metabolite.
   Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 349(1): 209-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Prostate derived factor in human prostate cancer cells: gene induction by vitamin D via a p53-dependent mechanism and inhibition of prostate cancer cell growth.
   J Cell Physiol, 208(3): 566-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Ventricular-arterial coupling in a rat model of reduced arterial compliance provoked by hypervitaminosis D and nicotine.
   Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 291(4): H1942-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Exogenous 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 exerts a skeletal anabolic effect and improves mineral ion homeostasis in mice that are homozygous for both the 1alpha-hydroxylase and parathyroid hormone null alleles.
   Endocrinology, 147(10): 4801-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Vitamin D2 from irradiated mushrooms significantly increases femur bone mineral density in rats.
   J Toxicol Environ Health A, 69(21): 1979-85. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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