Does vitamin D protect or treat Parkinson's disease? A narrative review

HM Al-Kuraishy, AI Al-Gareeb, HM Selim… - Naunyn-schmiedeberg's …, 2024 - Springer
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative brain disease (NBD) developed due to
dopaminergic neuron loss in the substantia nigra (SN). Vitamin D (VD), VD receptor (VDR) …

Genomic or non-genomic? A question about the pleiotropic roles of vitamin D in inflammatory-based diseases

MF Holick, L Mazzei, S García Menéndez… - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
Vitamin D (vit D) is widely known for its role in calcium metabolism and its importance for the
bone system. However, various studies have revealed a myriad of extra-skeletal functions …

VDR activation attenuates osteoblastic ferroptosis and senescence by stimulating the Nrf2/GPX4 pathway in age-related osteoporosis

P Xu, B Lin, X Deng, K Huang, Y Zhang… - Free Radical Biology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ferroptosis plays an essential role in the pathology of osteoporosis. This study investigated
whether vitamin D receptor (VDR) activation could protect against age-related osteoporosis …

Vitamin D deficiency exacerbates Alzheimer-like pathologies by reducing antioxidant capacity

YG Fan, ZQ Pang, TY Wu, YH Zhang, WQ Xuan… - Free Radical Biology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Vitamin D (VD) deficiency is prevalent among aging people and Alzheimer's disease (AD)
patients. However, the roles of VD deficiency in the pathology of AD remain largely …

Protective effects of vitamin D on learning and memory deficit induced by scopolamine in male rats: the roles of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and oxidative stress

F Mansouri, H Ghanbari, N Marefati, Z Arab… - Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's …, 2021 - Springer
The beneficial effects of vitamin D (vit D) on central nervous system disorders have been
suggested. In the current research, the protective effects of vit D on learning and memory …

The neuroprotective effect of vitamin D in Parkinson's disease: association or causation

AA Hafiz - Nutritional neuroscience, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic neurodegenerative disease (NDD) due to the
degeneration of dopaminergic neurons (DNs) in the substantia nigra (SN). PD is …

The effects of age, sex, breed, diet, reproductive status and housing condition on the amounts of 25 (OH) vitamin D in the serum of healthy dogs: Reference values

K Alizadeh, S Ahmadi, AA Sarchahi… - … Medicine and Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Optimal amount of vitamin D for the proper functioning of the immune system is
different from the required vitamin D amount for bones to prevent rickets. However, reports …

Inverse Relationship between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and elevated intraocular pressure

JH Lee, YJ Kwon, HS Lee, JH Han, B Joung, SJ Kim - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
Elevated intraocular pressure (EIOP) is the only major modifiable risk factor of glaucoma.
While low serum vitamin D levels are considered a potential risk factor for glaucoma, there is …

[PDF][PDF] Vitamin D: An effective way to combat methotrexate-induced testis injury

A Yalcin, H Aydin, A Turk, M Dogukan… - …, 2020 - manage.effectpublishing.com
Methotrexate (MTX) is a frequently used anticancer drug in the treatment of several
diseases. However, MTX therapy causes significant cytotoxicities in testicular tissue. In this …

[PDF][PDF] The importance of analyzing the serum C3-epimer level for evaluating vitamin D storage in some special populations.

YC Chen, YY He, YM Li, BT Wu… - European Review for …, 2022 - europeanreview.org
OBJECTIVE: The serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25 (OH) D] is recommended by various
management agencies for evaluating the nutritional status of vitamin D (VitD). However, 25 …