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Vitamin D-associated genetic variants in the Brazilian population: Investigating potential instruments for Mendelian randomization

Biomédica (Bogotá); 44 (1), 2024
Introduction. Vitamin D is required for bone and mineral metabolism and participates in the regulation of the immune response. It is also linked to several chronic diseases and conditions, usually in populations of European descent. Brazil presents a high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and insufficie...

Efectividad del ejercicio más suplementación con vitamina D3 sobre la masa y fuerza muscular de pacientes con artritis reumatoidea

Introducción. La artritis reumatoidea es una enfermedad autoinmune con un proceso inflamatorio crónico de las articulaciones y con una respuesta catabólica incrementada que predispone a una elevada pérdida de la masa muscular. Objetivo. Evaluar la efectividad de un programa de ejercicios de resisten...

Normal physiological functions in two animal species with highly different vitamin d status compared to that of humans

Actual. osteol; 14 (3), 2018
Mole rats live in permanent darkness, in networks of underground tunnels (which extend up to 1 km in the subsoil), excavated with their incisors, in warm and semi-arid areas of South Africa. Mole rats have an unusually impoverished vitamin D3 status with undetectable and low plasma concentrations of 25- ...