Parkinson's disease and skin

N Niemann, A Billnitzer, J Jankovic - Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, 2021 - Elsevier
Parkinson's disease is associated with a variety of dermatologic disorders and the study of
skin may provide insights into pathophysiological mechanisms underlying this common …

Role of vitamin D3 in selected malignant neoplasms

A Markowska, M Antoszczak, Z Kojs, W Bednarek… - Nutrition, 2020 - Elsevier
Vitamin D 3 is a fat-soluble essential nutrient that affects multiple biologic functions in the
organism through calcitriol and the vitamin D 3 receptor. This review article focuses on the …

Photobiology of vitamin D

MF Holick, AT Slominski - Feldman and Pike's Vitamin D, 2024 - Elsevier
Vitamin D is the sunshine vitamin. During exposure to sunlight, 7-dehydrocholesterol in the
skin absorbs ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation converting it to previtamin D3. Previtamin D3 …

[HTML][HTML] The role of the vitamin D receptor in the pathogenesis, prognosis, and treatment of cutaneous melanoma

AL Becker, EL Carpenter, AT Slominski… - Frontiers in oncology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Melanoma is the malignant transformation of melanocytes and represents the most lethal
form of skin cancer. While early-stage melanoma localized to the skin can be cured with …

Significant association of Poly-A and Fok1 polymorphic alleles of the vitamin D receptor with vitamin D serum levels and incidence of squamous cutaneous neoplasia

TA Bullock, JA Mack, J Negrey, U Kaw, B Hu… - Journal of Investigative …, 2023 - Elsevier
Vitamin D3, a prohormone, is converted to circulating calcidiol and then to calcitriol, the
hormone that binds to the vitamin D receptor (VDR)(a nuclear transcription factor) …

Vitamin deficiencies/hypervitaminosis and the skin

Ö Aşkın, TKÜ Uzunçakmak, N Altunkalem… - Clinics in Dermatology, 2021 - Elsevier
Vitamins are an indispensable food source and important owing to the enzyme cofactor and
catalytic roles they play in the body. Fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E, K, and B12, are stored in …

[HTML][HTML] Vitamin D Receptor Gene Polymorphisms and the Risk of CIN2+ in Shanxi Population

D Li, Y Liu, D Kong, D Papukashvili… - BioMed Research …, 2022 - hindawi.com
Cervical cancer is one of the most common malignancies in women with high morbidity and
mortality. Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is the primary cause of cervical cancer, of …

[HTML][HTML] Polymorphism of VDR gene and the sensitivity of human leukemia and lymphoma cells to active forms of vitamin D

JJ Gleba, D Kłopotowska, J Banach, E Turlej… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Developing new therapeutic strategies is necessary for leukemias and
lymphomas treatment. Therefore, the study aimed to determine the use of an active form of …

The relationship between VDR polymorphisms and keratinocyte carcinomas: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Y Wan, Y Lyu, Y Xu, P Huang - Future Oncology, 2022 - Future Medicine
Aim: To perform a meta-analysis to assess the association between common VDR
polymorphisms (Fok1, Taq1, Apa1, Bsm1) and keratinocyte carcinomas (KCs) susceptibility …

Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and risk of atopic dermatitis in chinese han population

Y Ou, X Jiang, H Guan - International Journal of General Medicine, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background Studies investigated the associations between four Vitamin D receptor (VDR)
common variations and interactions of gene-environment factors and atopic dermatitis (AD) …