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 8 (2011), Issue 4 (April)

1. 1α,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3-3β-bromoacetate, a potential cancer therapeutic agent: synthesis and molecular mechanism of action.
   Bioorg Med Chem Lett, 21(8): 2537-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Relation of vitamin D level to maximal oxygen uptake in adults.
   Am J Cardiol, 107(8): 1246-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Evaluation of multi-dimensional outcomes of chronic diseases: a clinical example from China.
   Arch Gerontol Geriatr, 52(3): e106-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Suppression of PTH by the vitamin D analog eldecalcitol is modulated by its high affinity for the serum vitamin D-binding protein and resistance to metabolism.
   J Cell Biochem, 112(5): 1348-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. The effect of various vitamin D supplementation regimens in breast cancer patients.
   Breast Cancer Res Treat, 127(1): 171-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. 25-Hydroxyvitamin D in Canadian adults: biological, environmental, and behavioral correlates.
   Osteoporos Int, 22(5): 1389-99. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. The relation between bone mineral density, bone turnover markers, and vitamin D status in ankylosing spondylitis patients with active disease: a cross-sectional analysis.
   Osteoporos Int, 22(5): 1431-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Sensitive measurement of serum 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D by liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry after removing interference with immunoaffinity extraction.
   Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom, 25(9): 1241-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Can vitamin D delay the progression of ALS?
   Med Hypotheses, 76(5): 643-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Vitamin d therapy and cardiovascular health.
    Curr Hypertens Rep, 13(3): 187-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Differential surface antigen expression and 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 responsiveness distinguish human dermal fibroblasts with age-dependent osteogenic differentiation potential from marrow-derived stromal cells in vitro.
    Cytotherapy, 13(5): 528-38. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Vitamin D and aging: beyond calcium and bone metabolism.
    Maturitas, 69(1): 27-36. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. A new insight into the role of rat cytochrome P450 24A1 in metabolism of selective analogs of 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D₃.
    Arch Biochem Biophys, 509(1): 33-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Mechanism of 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3)-dependent repression of interleukin-12B.
    Biochim Biophys Acta, 1813(5): 810-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. To supplement or not to supplement: a cost-utility analysis of calcium and vitamin D repletion in patients after thyroidectomy.
    Ann Surg Oncol, 18(5): 1293-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. 25-hydroxy vitamin D deficiency following pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant.
    Biol Blood Marrow Transplant, 17(5): 749-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Vitamin D3 restores altered cholinergic and insulin receptor expression in the cerebral cortex and muscarinic M3 receptor expression in pancreatic islets of streptozotocin induced diabetic rats.
    J Nutr Biochem, 22(5): 418-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Seasonal variation in blood drug concentrations and a potential relationship to vitamin D.
    Drug Metab Dispos, 39(5): 933-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Effects of vitamin D supplementation on 25-hydroxyvitamin D, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and other cardiovascular disease risk markers in subjects with elevated waist circumference.
    Int J Food Sci Nutr, 62(4): 318-27. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Assessment of vitamin D and vitamin A intake by female students at the United Arab Emirates University based on self-reported dietary and selected fortified food consumption.
    Int J Food Sci Nutr, 62(4): 370-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Calcipotriol/betamethasone dipropionate: a review of its use in the treatment of psoriasis vulgaris of the trunk, limbs and scalp.
    Drugs, 71(6): 709-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Children and adolescents with severe mental illness need vitamin D supplementation regardless of disease or treatment.
    J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol, 21(2): 157-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Vitamin D status in patients with stage IV colorectal cancer: findings from Intergroup trial N9741.
    J Clin Oncol, 29(12): 1599-606. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Vesicular mixed gemini-SDS-hemin-imidazole complex as a peroxidase-like nano artificial enzyme.
    J Phys Chem B, 115(16): 4671-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. High-dose vitamin D supplements are not associated with linear growth in a large Finnish cohort.
    J Nutr, 141(5): 843-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. The relation between acute changes in the systemic inflammatory response and plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations after elective knee arthroplasty.
    Am J Clin Nutr, 93(5): 1006-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Intestinal Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger protein and gene expression are regulated by 1,25(OH)(2)D(3) in vitamin D-deficient chicks.
    Arch Biochem Biophys, 509(2): 191-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Vitamin D-associated polymorphisms are related to insulin resistance and vitamin D deficiency in polycystic ovary syndrome.
    Eur J Endocrinol, 164(5): 741-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Calcitropic hormones and IGF-I are influenced by dietary protein.
    Endocrinology, 152(5): 1839-47. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Vitamin D absorption: consequences of gastric bypass surgery.
    Eur J Endocrinol, 164(5): 827-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Different vitamin D substrate-product relationship after oral vitamin D supplementation in familial benign hypercalcemia, primary hyperparathyroidism, and healthy controls.
    Eur J Endocrinol, 164(5): 833-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 impairs NF-κB activation in human naïve B cells.
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 407(4): 699-702. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Meta-analysis: Circulating vitamin D and ovarian cancer risk.
    Gynecol Oncol, 121(2): 369-75. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Synthesis, structure, and biological activity of des-side chain analogues of 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 with substituents at C18.
    ChemMedChem, 6(5): 788-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. The vitamin D debate: translating controlled experiments into reality for human sun exposure times.
    Photochem Photobiol, 87(3): 741-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Sufficient vitamin D from casual sun exposure?
    Photochem Photobiol, 87(3): 598-601. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Serum vitamin D levels in office workers in a subtropical climate.
    Photochem Photobiol, 87(3): 714-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Vitamin D, innate immunity and outcomes in community acquired pneumonia.
    Respirology, 16(4): 611-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Correlation between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and severity of atopic dermatitis in children.
    Br J Dermatol, 164(5): 1078-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Update on vitamin D and type 2 diabetes.
    Nutr Rev, 69(5): 291-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Synthesis of C-2 substituted vitamin D derivatives having ringed side chains and their biological evaluation, especially biological effect on bone by modification at the C-2 position.
    Org Biomol Chem, 9(10): 3954-64. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Annual high-dose vitamin D3 and mental well-being: randomised controlled trial.
    Br J Psychiatry, 198(5): 357-64. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Vitamin D levels, microvascular complications, and mortality in type 1 diabetes.
    Diabetes Care, 34(5): 1081-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. First-trimester circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and development of gestational diabetes mellitus.
    Diabetes Care, 34(5): 1091-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Inherited variation in vitamin D genes is associated with predisposition to autoimmune disease type 1 diabetes.
    Diabetes, 60(5): 1624-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin d levels and prediabetes among subjects free of diabetes.
    Diabetes Care, 34(5): 1114-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D, calcium intake, and risk of type 2 diabetes after 5 years: results from a national, population-based prospective study (the Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle study).
    Diabetes Care, 34(5): 1133-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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