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... 2.4 pmol/L d stands for deci; m stands for milli; stands for micro; n stands for nano; p stands for pico; and f stands for femto Abbreviations for measure of risk in epidemiological and clinical ... cancer and all-cause mortality 92 13 Meta-analysis of observational studies on vitamin D levels and colorectal, breast and prostate cancer and colorectal adenoma 100 14 Randomised ... transforms in inter tachysterol and lumisterol, and the UVB further promotes degradation of vitamin D3 in inactive suprasterol and other inert compounds 17 Vitamin D and Cancer Figure 4.3 Original...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 23:20

... avoid prolonged and needless investigations for these patients, as the condition is reversible and easily treated with vitamin D and calcium supplementation Page of Frank G: Calcium and other divalent ... Hospital, Dublin, Ireland 2Department of Rheumatology, Connolly Memorial Hospital, Dublin, Ireland 3Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes Mellitus, Connolly Hospital, Dublin, Ireland Authors’ contributions ... literature search and preparation of the manuscript MB participated in the data analysis and contributed in the preparation of the manuscript SS and DS supervised the study and edited the manuscript...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 00:23

... polymorphism at these loci and the presence of DDH and PPA We also explored the effect of genotype on acetabular morphology and severity of the conditions Patients and methods Hypothetically, ... and spans more than 140 kilobases The most widely studied polymorphic regions are the Pvu II and Xba I restriction fragment length polymorphisms in intron and the (TA) n variable number of tandem ... were involved in set up and operational help with the genetic assays NM planned the study, supervised BK and CD, was instrumental in drafting and revising the manuscript, and give final approval...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 08:21

... Eicosapentaenoic acid and arachidonic acid: collaboration and not antagonism is the key to biological understanding Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 2002, 66(1):83-90 Simopoulos A, Cleland L: Omega-6/Omega-3 ... the Scandinavian Women's Lifestyle and Health Cohort [19,20] The women were asked to fill in a paper questionnaire, including a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ), and levels of fish, PUFAs and ... the questionnaires and were enrolled in the study In 2002/2003 a follow-up study was initiated, and women who had responded to the 1991/1992 questionnaire and who were alive and living in Sweden...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:22

... used for standardizing PTEN and Egr-1 mRNA Amplification primers were 5¢-ACCAGTGGCACTGTTGTTTCAC-3¢ and 5¢-TTCCTCTGGTCCTGGTATGAAG-3¢ for the PTEN gene [43], and 5¢-AGCCCTACGAGCACCTG-3¢ and 5¢-CGGTGGGTTGGTCATG-3¢ ... 15–22 days, individual colonies were isolated and expanded, and the expression of PTEN was examined by western blotting (C) Colony was treated with VD3, and apoptosis was evaluated (D) *P < 0.05, ... VD3 and 200 nM TSA (A), or VD3 and mM NaBu (B), and western blotting was used to evaluate PTEN expression Cell lines stably transfected with PTEN siRNA or control siRNA were treated with VD3 and...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 21:20

... enzymes CYP27A1 and/ or CYP2R1 and subsequently by the cytochrome P450 enzyme 25hydroxyvitamin D-1a-hydroxylase (CYP27B1) and converted to the bioactive 1,25-(OH)2D3, which has role in Ca and bone metabolism ... and mature osteoclasts, and it inhibits OPG expression, which binds RANKL and prevents RANK mediated osteoclastogenesis [37] VitD deficiency causes the development of an imbalanced calcium- and ... membrane-lipid turnover, prostaglandin production and protease activity, leading to bone matrix modification and calcification Additionally to the expression of VDR in bone and multiple tissues, the...

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... between 1,000 and 2,000 IU of vitamin D ― During the spring, summer, and fall months (and year-round if a patient lives in the southern part of the U.S.) combining sensible sun exposure* and daily ... The Bone and Cancer Foundation is to: • Provide information to cancer patients and family member on the causes and current treatment of cancer that involves the bone • Provide information and serve ... division and growth Therefore, vitamin D deficiency can cause abnormal production of these proteins Cancer patients who are vitamin D deficient can experience muscle and bone discomfort and fatigue...

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 05:20

... contributed to study design and concept and writing and editing of the manuscript VT: contributed to the study design and concept, writing and editing of the manuscript and provided financial support ... K23AR054334 and #5T32DK007298 The authors responsibilities were as followed LJ, LVY and SEJ: contributed to the study design and concept, statistical analysis, and writing of the manuscript HMB, GM and ... (groups and 2) were characterized by sex, race, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHEII) and sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) scores (for ICU patients) and whether...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 15:20

... vehicle (A, D, G and J), calcipotriol (B, E, H and K) and Daivobet® (C, F, I and L) in Figure the psoriasis plaque assay Biomarker endpoints after treatment with vehicle (A, D, G and J), calcipotriol ... before (A, B and C) transplantation and after (D, E and F) transplantation and treatment in the psoriasis xenograft SCID mouse Before transplantation the expression of CD3 (A), CD4 (B) and CD8 (C) ... calcipotriol and BDP was well tolerated and no significant weight loss was observed Two hours after the last application, the animals were bled and sacrificed The serum levels of calcipotriol and BDP...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 15:20

... in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analyses Study concept and design: CA and OB Acquisition of data: CA and OB Analysis and interpretation ... supplementation and risk of fractures N Engl J Med 2006, 354:669-683 Law M, Withers H, Morris J, Anderson F: Vitamin D supplementation and the prevention of fractures and falls: results of a randomized ... stroke: a randomized controlled trial Cerebrovasc Dis 2005, 20:187-192 53 Ceglia L: Vitamin D and skeletal muscle tissue and function Mol Aspects Med 2008, 29:407-414 54 de Boland AR, Boland RL:...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 08:20

... collected and classified using the LightTyper genotyping software, and genotypes were determined The absence or presence of the ApaI, BsmI, and FokI sites were designated as A, B, and F alleles and ... Bsm I, and Fok I VDR polymorphisms VDR, vitamin D receptor; SD, standard deviation Table Genotype and allele frequencies of Apa I, Bsm I, and Fok I VDR polymorphisms in subjects with and without ... status and the three genotypes The study subjects included 42 current smokers (43.3%) and diabetics (2.1%) The distribution of the CPI scores between and were 13.4, 15.5, 14.4, 39.2, and 17.5%,...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 16:23

... England, Holland, and France [10] Industrialized cod liver oil production (as the sole source of vitamin D food supply at that time) did not start before 1853 in Norway, Greenland, and Iceland ... "prevention or cure of coughs and colds in both the old and young" - effects rediscovered only in 1941 [12] and again in 2006 [13] Rickets was a common disease in Europe and North America at the end ... In Norway and Denmark it has a subordinate place in the statistics of sickness relating to the earliest year of life Its principal seats are Germany, England, Holland, Belgium, France and Northern...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20

... elderly Dutch men and women It can be expected that the same polymorphisms could be important for both knee OA and hand OA, although no association between the VDR genotypes and hand OA was found ... metabolism, OA, the immune response, and cancer [12] The VDR gene acts as an important regulator of calcium metabolism and bone cell function [13], and it was the first candidate gene to be studied in ... the risk of hand OA in Finnish middleaged women In addition, we evaluated whether the calcium intake modifies the relationship between the VDR gene polymorphisms and hand OA Materials and methods...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:20

... the gel spots and western blotting experiment; MLL and JYL assisted with preparation for the serum samples and judgment for fibrotic stages; SCL and WMW were projective leaders and assisted with ... liver fibrosis, A2M, VDBP and ApoAI, appear on the location of 162 kDa, 52 kDa and 28 kDa in the 2D-DIGE gels Observably there are several adjacent spots near A2M, VDBP and ApoAI protein; the adjacent ... in F0-F2 stage (Fig 3A and Fig 3D) We used Bio-Plex Suspension Array System to measure the absolute protein concentration of A2M, VDBP and ApoAI according to protein standard curve We found that...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:21

... was unaffected, and all four grandparents were of French-Canadian origin Family members were considered asthmatics if both a selfreported history of asthma and a history of physiciandiagnosed asthma ... the activation and inactivation vitamin D (CYP27A1, CYP27B1, CYP2R1 and CYP24A1) [31,32]; the vitamin D binding protein (GC) that binds to vitamin D and its plasma metabolites and transports ... associated with atopy (rs912505 and rs927650) were in modest LD (r2 = 0.36) and the two SNPs associated with asthma (rs2248359 and rs8124792) located in the promoter and the 3' region of the gene...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 14:20

... 25-OH-D3 (Figure 3) Data handling and statistical analysis Clinical data and genotypes were all transferred to a SQL 2000 database and checked for completeness, paternity, and Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium ... the tested candidate genes are associated with both allergy and vitamin D metabolites Statistical significance, however, was weak, and varied even with different analysis strategies and software ... analysis and wrote the report J.A did the clinical survey, C.B did the SNP analysis, M.B built serum and DNA bank and did the vitamin D assays together with E.A who supervised also laboratory work and...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 16:20

... RM: Vitamin D in overweight/obese women and its relationship with dietetic and anthropometric variables Obesity 2009, 17:778-782 McGill A-T, Stewart JM, Lithander FE, Strik CM, Poppitt SD: Relationships ... Poppitt SD: Relationships of low serum vitamin D3 with anthropometry and markers of the metabolic syndrome and diabetes in overweight and obesity Nutr J 2008, 7:4 Louie JK, Acosta M, Winter K, Jean ... viral PAMP- and virus-induced pulmonary innate immune and remodeling responses in mice J Clin Invest 2008, 118:2771-2784 doi:10.1186/cc8894 Cite this article as: Krstić G: Th17 mediators and vitamin...

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