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 8 (August)

1. Vitamin D deficiency in children and its management: review of current knowledge and recommendations.
   Pediatrics, 122(2): 398-417. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Antimicrobial peptides and the skin immune defense system.
   J Allergy Clin Immunol, 122(2): 261-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Myeloid cell differentiation in response to calcitriol for expression CD11b and CD14 is regulated by myeloid zinc finger-1 protein downstream of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase.
   J Leukoc Biol, 84(2): 519-28. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Short and long-term variations in serum calciotropic hormones after a single very large dose of ergocalciferol (vitamin D2) or cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) in the elderly.
   J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 93(8): 3015-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and the risk of mortality in the general population.
   Arch Intern Med, 168(15): 1629-37. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. A new scalp formulation of calcipotriene plus betamethasone compared with its active ingredients and the vehicle in the treatment of scalp psoriasis: a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial.
   J Am Acad Dermatol, 59(3): 455-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. FGF-23-Klotho signaling stimulates proliferation and prevents vitamin D-induced apoptosis.
   J Cell Biol, 182(3): 459-65. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. 20-Hydroxyvitamin D3, a product of vitamin D3 hydroxylation by cytochrome P450scc, stimulates keratinocyte differentiation.
   J Invest Dermatol, 128(9): 2271-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Serum vitamin D and subsequent occurrence of type 2 diabetes.
   Epidemiology, 19(5): 666-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Vanadium and 1, 25 (OH)2 vitamin D3 combination in inhibitions of 1,2, dimethylhydrazine-induced rat colon carcinogenesis.
    Biochim Biophys Acta, 1780(10): 1106-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Low vitamin d levels predict stroke in patients referred to coronary angiography.
    Stroke, 39(9): 2611-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Paricalcitol inhibits renal inflammation by promoting vitamin D receptor-mediated sequestration of NF-kappaB signaling.
    J Am Soc Nephrol, 19(9): 1741-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. High risk of vitamin D deficiency in children with sickle cell disease.
    J Am Diet Assoc, 108(9): 1512-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Vitamin D deficiency in a nonrandom sample of southeast Alaska Natives.
    J Am Diet Assoc, 108(9): 1508-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Calcium, vitamin D supplementation, and physical function in the Women's Health Initiative.
    J Am Diet Assoc, 108(9): 1472-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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