There is ongoing evidence that vitamin D is related to the pathophysiology of cirrhosis.
Although the incidence of vitamin D deficiency in chronic liver diseases and cirrhosis is …

The secosteroid hormone vitamin D has, in addition to its effects in bone metabolism also
functions in the modulation of immune responses against infectious agents and in inhibiting …

Objective: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has been implicated in bone loss in HIV. The role of
inflammation and vitamin D is unclear and better investigated in ART-naive individuals …

Hepatic fibrosis is the net accumulation of matrix tissue components which controlled by pro-
fibrolytic enzymes, matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), and pro-fibrotic cytokine, TGF-β1, and …

Background The effects of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) on bone metabolism and the
endocrine system are not fully known, and publications on the subject are inconsistent …

AIM To investigate the relationship between vitamin D and liver fibrosis in hepatitis C-
monoinfected or hepatitis C virus (HCV)-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) co-infected …

HIV infection and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are two major epidemics affecting
millions of people worldwide. As people with HIV (PWH) age, there is an increased …

Objective To study the association of plasma 25-hydroxy vitamin D (25 (OH) D) levels in
HIV/HCV coinfected patients with severity of liver disease and virological response to …

AIM To assess the vitamin D (VD) deficiency as a prognostic factor and effect of
replenishment of VD on mortality in decompensated cirrhosis. METHODS Patients with …

AIM: To investigate the relationship between serum vitamin D 3 levels and liver fibrosis or
inflammation in treatment-naive Chinese patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) …