Calcium, vitamin D and cancer

M Peterlik, WB Grant, HS Cross - Anticancer research, 2009 - ar.iiarjournals.org
A low vitamin D status and inadequate calcium intake are important risk factors for various
types of cancer. Ecological studies using solar UV-B exposure as an index of vitamin D 3 …

[HTML][HTML] Estimated benefit of increased vitamin D status in reducing the economic burden of disease in western Europe

WB Grant, HS Cross, CF Garland, ED Gorham… - Progress in biophysics …, 2009 - Elsevier
Vitamin D has important benefits in reducing the risk of many conditions and diseases. Those
diseases for which the benefits are well supported and that have large economic effects …

[HTML][HTML] Vitamin D and calcium insufficiency-related chronic diseases: an emerging world-wide public health problem

M Peterlik, S Boonen, HS Cross… - International journal of …, 2009 - mdpi.com
Vitamin D and calcium insufficiencies are risk factors for multiple chronic diseases. Data from
46 recent studies from Europe, North America, South-East Asia and the South Pacific area …

25-Hydroxyvitamin D3-1α-hydroxylase and vitamin D receptor gene expression in human colonic mucosa is elevated during early cancerogenesis

HS Cross, P Bareis, H Hofer, MG Bischof, E Bajna… - Steroids, 2001 - Elsevier
Human colorectal cancer cells not only express the nuclear vitamin D receptor (VDR) but are
also endowed with 25-hydroxy-vitamin D 3 -1α-hydroxylase activity and therefore are able …

Effects of vitamin D on patients with fibromyalgia syndrome: a randomized placebo-controlled trial

…, P Machacek, E Pieler-Bruha, HS Cross… - PAINŽ, 2014 - Elsevier
The role of calcifediol in the perception of chronic pain is a widely discussed subject. Low
serum levels of calcifediol are especially common in patients with severe pain and …

Characterization of a vitamin D receptor knockout mouse as a model of colorectal hyperproliferation and DNA damage

…, K Mazzucco, C Bieglmayer, S Kato, HS Cross - …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
The vitamin D receptor knockout (VDR-KO) mouse presents with a skeletal phenotype typical
for complete lack of genomic 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol effects. Our previous data from …

[HTML][HTML] Phytoestrogens in clinical practice: a review of the literature

…, S Leodolter, G Tscherne, F Reuss, HS Cross… - Fertility and sterility, 2007 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To review clinical studies assessing the effect of phytoestrogen supplementation
on the signs and symptoms of the climacteric syndrome and on the incidence of breast …

25-Hydroxyvitamin D3-1α-hydroxylase Expression in Normal and Malignant Human Colon

…, S Kriwanek, P Obrist, HS Cross - … of Histochemistry & …, 2004 - journals.sagepub.com
1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D 3 has anti-mitotic, pro-differentiating, and pro-apoptotic activity in
tumor cells. We demonstrated that the secosteroid can be synthesized and degraded not only …

Immunocytochemical localization of the extracellular calcium-sensing receptor in normal and malignant human large intestinal mucosa

…, S Kriwanek, M Peterlik, HS Cross - … of Histochemistry & …, 2000 - journals.sagepub.com
We identified the parathyroid type Ca 2+ -sensing receptor (CaR) in normal human colon
mucosa and in cancerous lesions at the mRNA and protein level. Polymerase chain reaction …

The mRNA of L-type calcium channel elevated in colon cancer: protein distribution in normal and cancerous colon

XT Wang, Y Nagaba, HS Cross, F Wrba… - The American Journal of …, 2000 - Elsevier
Previous reports indicate that the mRNA for the cardiac isoform of the voltage-gated L-type
calcium channel (α 1C ) is elevated in colon cancer. The aim of these experiments was to …