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 5 (2008), Issue 3 (March)

1. Bone-related effects of contaminants in seals may be associated with vitamin D and thyroid hormones.
   Environ Toxicol Chem, 27(4): 873-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Relationship between serum 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D and mortality in patients with pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease.
   Clin Exp Nephrol, 12(2): 126-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Vitamin D regulation of cathelicidin in the skin: toward a renaissance of vitamin D in dermatology?
   J Invest Dermatol, 128(4): 773-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Histone acetylation in keratinocytes enables control of the expression of cathelicidin and CD14 by 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3.
   J Invest Dermatol, 128(4): 816-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Enhanced proliferation of aortal smooth muscle cells treated by 1,25(OH)2D3 in vitro coincides with impaired formation of elastic fibres.
   Int J Exp Pathol, 89(2): 117-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Vitamin D intake and risks of systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis in women.
   Ann Rheum Dis, 67(4): 530-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. The effect of ultraviolet B-induced vitamin D levels on host resistance to Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a pilot study in immigrant Asian adults living in the United Kingdom.
   Photodermatol Photoimmunol Photomed, 24(2): 97-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Dietary intake of dairy products, calcium, and vitamin D and the risk of hypertension in middle-aged and older women.
   Hypertension, 51(4): 1073-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Chronic ethanol consumption leads to disruption of vitamin D3 homeostasis associated with induction of renal 1,25 dihydroxyvitamin D3-24-hydroxylase (CYP24A1).
   Endocrinology, 149(4): 1748-56. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Plasma 1,25(OH)2D levels decrease in postmenopausal women with hypovitaminosis D.
    Eur J Endocrinol, 158(4): 571-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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