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Studies: Vitamin D
- Vitamin D status and cause-specific mortality: a general population study
- Water-miscible, emulsified, and solid forms of retinol supplements are more toxic than oil-based preparations
- 25-hydroxyvitamin d levels and risk of ischemic heart disease, myocardial infarction, and early death: population-based study and meta-analyses of 18 and 17 studies
- Vitamin D level and basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and melanoma risk
- Association between 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration and breast cancer risk in an Australian population: an observational case-control study
- Serum vitamin D levels and markers of severity of childhood asthma in Costa Rica
- Vitamin D intake is inversely associated with rheumatoid arthritis: results from the Iowa Women’s Health Study
- Vitamin D and multiple sclerosis
- Vitamin D deficiency: a new risk factor for type 2 diabetes?
- Vitamin D Levels for Preventing Acute Coronary Syndrome and Mortality: Evidence of a Nonlinear Association
- Positive association between 25-hydroxy vitamin D levels and bone mineral density: a population-based study of younger and older adults
- Increased incidence of nephrolithiasis (N) in lifeguards (LG) in Israel
- The Evolution of Diverse Vitamin D Requirements
- Vitamin D Status and Calcium Metabolism in Adolescent Black and White Girls on a Range of Controlled Calcium Intakes
- Global vitamin D levels in relation to age, gender, skin pigmentation and latitude: an ecologic meta-regression analysis
- Common Variation in Vitamin D Pathway Genes Predicts Circulating 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels among African Americans
- Vitamin D insufficiency in Greenlanders on a westernized fare: ethnic differences in calcitropic hormones between Greenlanders and Danes
- Determinants of parathyroid hormone response to vitamin D supplementation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
- Determinants of vitamin D status in adult Crohn’s disease patients, with particular emphasis on supplemental vitamin D use
- Vitamin D deficiency in Crohn’s disease: prevalence, risk factors and supplement use in an outpatient setting
- Vitamin D status in children, adolescents, and young adults with Crohn disease
- The estimated benefits of vitamin D for Germany
- 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D is not responsible for toxicity caused by vitamin D or 25-hydroxyvitamin D
- Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and IgE – a significant but nonlinear relationship
- Future directions for cardiovascular disease comparative effectiveness research
- The 2011 report on dietary reference intakes for calcium and vitamin D from the Institute of Medicine: what clinicians need to know
- Calcium plus vitamin D supplementation and the risk of fractures
- 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D is not responsible for toxicity caused by vitamin D or 25-hydroxyvitamin D
- Pharmacokinetics of vitamin D toxicity
- Photosynthesis of previtamin D3 in human skin and the physiologic consequences
- Regulation of cutaneous previtamin D3 photosynthesis in man: skin pigment is not an essential regulator
- The cutaneous photosynthesis of previtamin D3: a unique photoendocrine system
- Relation between geographic variability in kidney stones prevalence and risk factors for stones
- Demographic and geographic variability of kidney stones in the United States
- Epidemiological risk factors and composition of urinary stones in Riyadh Saudi Arabia
- Vitamin D toxicity redefined: vitamin K and the molecular mechanism
- 9-Cis retinoic acid reduces 1alpha,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol-induced renal calcification by altering vitamin K-dependent gamma-carboxylation of matrix gamma-carboxyglutamic acid protein in A/J male mice
- The Pharmacology of Vitamin D, Including Fortification Strategies
- Decreased bioavailability of vitamin D in obesity
- Integration of the NfkappaB p65 subunit into the vitamin D receptor transcriptional complex: identification of p65 domains that inhibit 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3-stimulated transcription
- Aging decreases the capacity of human skin to produce vitamin D3
- The association between vitamin D and inflammation with the 6-minute walk and frailty in patients with heart failure
- The effect of vitamin D supplementation on skeletal, vascular, or cancer outcomes: a trial sequential meta-analysis
- Vitamin supplement consumption and breast cancer risk: a review
- Vitamin D intake, vitamin D receptor polymorphisms, and breast cancer risk among women living in the southwestern U.S
- Vitamin D supplementation and breast cancer prevention: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials
- Efficacy of vitamin D supplementation in depression in adults: a systematic review
- Effect of vitamin D supplement on depression scores in people with low levels of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D: nested case-control study and randomised clinical trial
- Health risks and benefits from calcium and vitamin D supplementation: Women’s Health Initiative clinical trial and cohort study
- The relationship between occupational sun exposure and non-melanoma skin cancer: clinical basics, epidemiology, occupational disease evaluation, and prevention
- Epidemiology of melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancer–the role of sunlight
- Sun exposure and skin cancer
- The relation between sunscreen layer thickness and vitamin D production after ultraviolet B exposure: a randomized clinical trial
- Sunscreens suppress cutaneous vitamin D3 synthesis
- Correlates of vitamin D insufficiency in an affluent adult population
- Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D status of the US population: 1988-1994 compared with 2000-2004
- Sunlight, UV-radiation, vitamin D and skin cancer: how much sunlight do we need?
- Cutaneous malignant melanoma, sun exposure, and sunscreen use: epidemiological evidence
- Epidemiological evidence that UVA radiation is involved in the genesis of cutaneous melanoma
- Effect of sunscreens on UV radiation-induced enhancement of melanoma growth in mice
- Environmental factors and multiple sclerosis severity: a descriptive study
- Body composition and calcium metabolism in adult treated coeliac disease
- Interdependence and contributions of sun exposure and vitamin D to MRI measures in multiple sclerosis
- Circannual vitamin d serum levels and disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis: Northern versus Southern Europe
- Regional differences of vitamin D deficiency in rheumatoid arthritis patients in Italy
- High residential sun exposure is associated with a low risk of incident Crohn’s disease in the prospective E3N cohort
- 25 (OH) vitamin D level in Crohn’s disease: association with sun exposure & disease activity
- Higher levels of reported sun exposure, and not vitamin D status, are associated with less depressive symptoms and fatigue in multiple sclerosis
Studies: Zinc and Copper
- Effects of a diet low in copper on copper-status indicators in postmenopausal women
- The relationship between zinc intake and serum/plasma zinc concentration in adults: a systematic review and dose–response meta-analysis by the EURRECA Network
- Copper exposure and potential biomarkers of copper metabolism
- Risks and benefits of copper in light of new insights of copper homeostasis
- Nutritional immunity beyond iron: a role for manganese and zinc
- Candida albicans Scavenges Host Zinc via Pra1 during Endothelial Invasion
- The role of copper in inflammatory disorders
- Effects of inflammation and antiinflammatory treatment on serum trace elements concentrations
- Copper metabolism during acute inflammation: studies on liver and serum copper concentrations in normal and inflamed rats
- Plasma copper/zinc ratio: an inflammatory/nutritional biomarker as predictor of all-cause mortality in elderly population
- Comparison of Serum Zinc and Copper levels in Children and adolescents with Intractable and Controlled Epilepsy
- The role of zinc and copper in autism spectrum disorders
- Serum copper to zinc ratio: Relationship with aging and health status
- Absorption, transport, and hepatic metabolism of copper and zinc: special reference to metallothionein and ceruloplasmin
- The Relationship between Zinc Status and Inflammatory Marker Levels in Rural Korean Adults Aged 40 and Older
- Evaluation of copper complexes as potential anti-arthritic drugs
- Determinants of serum copper, zinc and selenium in healthy subjects
- Effect of copper supplementation on indices of copper status and certain CVD risk markers in young healthy women
- Copper complexes: a physiological approach to the treatment of ‘inflammatory diseases’
- Review: Copper and inflammation–a possible rationale for the pharmacological manipulation of inflammatory disorders
- Copper exposure and potential biomarkers of copper metabolism
- Methods of assessment of zinc status in humans: a systematic review
- Assessment of Marginal Zinc Status in Humans
- Bioavailability of iron, zinc, and other trace minerals from vegetarian diets
- A longitudinal investigation of aggregate oral intake of copper
- Iron overload can induce mild copper deficiency
- The severity of copper deficiency can be ameliorated by deferoxamine
- A longitudinal investigation of aggregate oral intake of copper
- Copper and Cardiovascular Disease
- Leucocyte copper, a marker of copper body status is low in coronary artery disease.
- Studies in copper status and atherosclerosis
- Letter: Ischemic heart disease, water hardness and myocardial magnesium
- Occupational exposure to manganese, copper, lead, iron, mercury and zinc and the risk of Parkinson’s disease
- Interaction of metals and thiols in cell damage and glutathione distribution: potentiation of mercury toxicity by dithiothreitol
- Synergistic toxicity of multiple heavy metals is revealed by a biological assay using a nematode and its transgenic derivative
- Serum copper to zinc ratio: Relationship with aging and health status
- Zinc/copper imbalance reflects immune dysfunction in human leishmaniasis: an ex vivo and in vitro study
- The plasma zinc/serum copper ratio as a biomarker in children with autism spectrum disorders
- A Case of Hyperzincemia with Functional Zinc Depletion: A New Disorder?
- Human zinc deficiency
- Subclinical zinc deficiency impairs pancreatic digestive enzyme activity and digestive capacity of weaned piglets
- Effects of Zinc Supplementation on Plasma Copper/Zinc Ratios, Oxidative Stress, and Immunological Status in Hemodialysis Patients
- A bioavailability study comparing two oral formulations containing zinc (Zn bis-glycinate vs. Zn gluconate) after a single administration to twelve healthy female volunteers
- Zinc supplementation does not alter sensitive biomarkers of copper status in healthy boys