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Original Source: Vitamin D metabolism and activity in the parathyroid gland.
Parathormone (PTH) and vitamin D are two critical hormonal regulators of calcium homeostasis. An important cross-talk exists between the PTH and vitamin D hormonal systems. PTH enhances vitamin D hydroxylation on carbon 1 in kidney cells thereby allowing the systemic release of 1-25-dihydroxy-vitamin D, which represents the fully active hormone. Conversely, parathyroid gland represents a direct target for vitamin D. Parathyroid cells express the vitamin D receptor and the 1-α-hydroxylase enzyme, which allo...
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Vitamin B6 is a water-soluble vitamin that exists in three major chemical forms: pyridoxine, pyridoxal, and pyridoxamine. It is commenly used in the body as a co-enzyme, and thus regulates many of t...
Vitamin K is a group of 2-methilo-naphthoquinone derivatives. There are three notable forms of vitamin K; K1 which can be synthesized by plants, K2 which can be formed by natural bacteria in the int...
Frank vitamin E deficiency is rare and overt deficiency symptoms have not been found in healthy people who obtain little vitamin E from their diets. Premature babies of very low birth weight (<1,...
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Study Shows Vitamin D And Calcium Reduce Mortality In Elderly But Not Vitamin D Alone
A study recently published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (JCEM) suggests that vitamin D - when taken with calcium - can reduce the rate of mortality in se...
Vitamin D: Too Much Can Be As Unhealthy As Too Little
Scientists know that Vitamin D deficiency is not healthy. However, new research from the University of Copenhagen now indicates that too high a level of the essential vitamin is not good either. The s...
Too much vitamin D can be as unhealthy as too little
(University of Copenhagen) Scientists know that vitamin D deficiency is not healthy. However, new research from the University of Copenhagen now indicates that too high a level of the essential vitami...
Vitamin D and Rheumatoid Arthritis
Should patients with RA receive vitamin D supplementation? Therapeutic Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism
Possible association between mortality and high levels of vitamin D
Scientists know that Vitamin D deficiency is not healthy. However, new research from the University of Copenhagen now indicates that too high a level of the essential vitamin is not good either. The s...
The role of osteocalcin in human glucose metabolism: marker or mediator?
Osteocalcin is a vitamin-K-dependent bone matrix protein that has been linked to glucose metabolism in mice. This finding presents a new paradigm for understanding the role of the skeleton and energy...
Vitamin D Deficiency During Pregnancy Leads To Babies With Lower Birth Weight
Mothers' vitamin D levels at a gestation of 26 weeks or less were positively related to birth weight and head circumference, and, in the first trimester were negatively associated with risk of a baby...
Vitamin D Supports Lung Function As Well As Bone Health
Maintaining adequate levels of vitamin D can help people breathe better and may even protect against tuberculosis (TB), according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's...
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Vitamin D metabolism and innate immunity.
Effects of vitamin D on the immune system have been recognized for over 30 years and stemmed in part from analysis of the dysregulated vitamin D metabolism associated with granulomatous diseases. Howe...
Hip fracture : assessment of fracture risk for treatment. Vitamin K and fracture.
Vitamin K is well known for its role in the synthesis of a number of blood coagulation factors. Vitamin K is also an important factor for bone metabolism via gamma-carboxylation of vitamin K-dependent...
Vitamin D metabolism and activity in the parathyroid gland.
Parathormone (PTH) and vitamin D are two critical hormonal regulators of calcium homeostasis. An important cross-talk exists between the PTH and vitamin D hormonal systems. PTH enhances vitamin D hydr...
Diabetes Mellitus and Osteoporosis. Role for vitamin D in glucose and energy metabolism.
Vitamin D insufficiency has been linked to obesity, type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome and dyslipidemia. The data, however, is mostly derived from observational studies and only indicates correlation...
Vitamin D Deficiency in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis.
Vitamin D is now widely recognized to have multiple extraskeletal health functions. The liver is one of the major organs involved in its metabolism. Recent studies have demonstrated a very high preval...
