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Vitamin D and HIV: shine a light
Over the past several years there has been growing interest in the high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in both the general population and among people living with HIV infection. Vitamin D deficiency in the setting of HIV infection is likely multi-factorial with contributions from environmental factors as well as possible associations with HIV therapy. This lecture will highlight recent data...
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Vitamin D is important for cell growth, immunity, and metabolism. Deficiency has classically been associated with rickets and decreased bone density and more recently with increased risk and severity of autoimmune diseases, cancers, myocardial infarction, diabetes, and infectious diseases. How vitamin D can affect these diverse conditions is the subject of much research. The active form of vita...
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T he paper in PNAS by Martineau et al. (1) raises a key public health issue: how much vitamin D do you need to fight tuberculosis (TB)? Martineau et al. (1) found that there is a significant association of vitamin D deficiency with susceptibility to TB and that the impact is greater in HIV-infected than noninfected individuals. In addition, Martineau et al. (1) discover a striking temporal rela...
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Vitamin D receptors and vitamin D metabolizing enzymes are present in the central nervous system. Calcitriol (the active vitamin D hormone) affects numerous neurotransmitters and neurotrophic factors, relevant for mental disorders. In the case of depressive disorders, considerable evidence supports a role of suboptimal vitamin D levels. However, the data are not conclusive and further studies a...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the International AIDS Society
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1758-2652
DOI: 10.1186/1758-2652-13-s4-o42