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About this book
Vitamin D insufficiency/deficiency is a worldwide, public health problem in both developed and developing countries. Rickets among infants has reemerged. Low levels of vitamin D are associated with increased risk and mortality from cancer. At the same time, the beneficial effects of vitamin D on a host of conditions have recently been discovered. F
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Contents
- Series Preface
- Preface
- Editor
- Contributors
- Chapter 1 - Vitamin D: A Fountain of Youth in Gene Regulation
- Chapter 2 - Vitamin D Receptor: Genomic and Epigenomic Effects
- Chapter 3 - Vitamin D Analogs and Their Clinical Uses
- Chapter 4 - Extrarenal CYP27B1 and Vitamin D Physiology
- Chapter 5 - Vitamin D and Oxidative Stress
- Chapter 6 - Vitamin D3 Upregulated Protein 1 (VDUP1): Roles in Redox Signaling and Stress-Mediated Diseases
- Chapter 7 - Vitamin D and Its Role in Photoprotection of the Skin
- Chapter 8 - Vitamin D and Adipose Tissue: 1α, 25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 (Calcitriol) Modulation of Energy Metabolism, Reactive Oxygen Species, and Inflammatory Stress
- Chapter 9 - Membrane Receptors for Vitamin D Metabolites and the Role of Reactive Oxygen Species
- Chapter 10 - Vitamin D and Human Innate Immunity
- Chapter 11 - Vitamin D and Autoimmune Disease
- Chapter 12 - Vitamin D: Anti-Inflammatory Actions to Prevent and Treat Diseases
- Chapter 13 - Vitamin D and Infection
- Chapter 14 - Potential Role of Vitamin D and Fibroblast Growth Factor 23–Klotho System in Aging
- Chapter 15 - Vitamin D and Cardiovascular Disease
- Chapter 16 - Vitamin D, Aging, and Chronic Diseases
- Chapter 17 - Vitamin D: Defending the Aging Nervous System
- Back Cover