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121 Citations

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Mechanisms Involved in the Relationship between Vitamin D and Insulin Resistance: Impact on Clinical Practice

Victoria Contreras-Bolívar,
Beatriz García-Fontana,
Cristina García-Fontana and
Manuel Muñoz-Torres

Nutrients2021, 13(10), 3491;https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13103491

1 October 2021

Recent evidence has revealed anti-inflammatory properties of vitamin D as well as extra-skeletal activity. In this context, vitamin D seems to be involved in infections, autoimmune diseases, cardiometabolic diseases, and cancer development. In recent...

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Vitamin D-Dimer: A Possible Biomolecule Modulator in Cytotoxic and Phagocytosis Processes?

Ralf Herwig,
Katharina Erlbacher,
Amela Ibrahimagic,
Mehtap Kacar,
Naime Brajshori,
Petrit Beqiri and
Joachim Greilberger

Biomedicines2022, 10(8), 1785;https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines10081785

25 July 2022

Background: Vitamin D3 complexed to deglycosylated vitamin D binding protein (VitD-dgVDBP) is a water-soluble vitamin D dimeric compound (VitD-dgVDBP). It is not clear how VitD-dgVDBP affects circulating monocytes, macrophages, other immune cell syst...

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CRP Genotypes Predict Increased Risk to Co-Present with Low Vitamin D and Elevated CRP in a Group of Healthy Black South African Women

Pieter H. Myburgh,
G. Wayne Towers,
Iolanthé M. Kruger and
Cornelie Nienaber-Rousseau

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health2018, 15(1), 111;https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15010111

10 January 2018

Low 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) and elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) concentrations are independently associated with adverse health outcomes, including cardiovascular disease (CVD). Although an inverse association between these factors has been d...

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Vitamin D and the Thyroid: A Critical Review of the Current Evidence

Mirjana Babić Leko,
Iva Jureško,
Iva Rozić,
Nikolina Pleić,
Ivana Gunjača and
Tatijana Zemunik

Int. J. Mol. Sci.2023, 24(4), 3586;https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24043586

10 February 2023

Vitamin D is necessary for the normal functioning of many organs, including the thyroid gland. It is, therefore, not surprising that vitamin D deficiency is considered a risk factor for the development of many thyroid disorders, including autoimmune...

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Relevance of Serum Levels and Functional Genetic Variants in Vitamin D Receptor Gene among Saudi Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

Imran Ali Khan,
Maysoon Abdulhadi Alhaizan,
Salwa Mohamed Neyazi,
Malak Mohammed Al-Hakeem and
Amal F. Alshammary

Nutrients2023, 15(19), 4288;https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15194288

8 October 2023

Background: This study explored the association between ApaI–TaqI Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) in a Vitamin D receptor (VDR) and the risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) in Saudi women, along with the serum levels of vitamin D....

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