Article: Vitamin D in the spotlight

Article: Target genes for active form of vitamin D ...
Genomics & Genetics Weekly;  September 24, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... targets of 1,25-(OH)[subscript]2D[subscript]3 have been identified through microarray analysis. "The active form of vitamin D, 1alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D[subscript]3 [1,25-(OH)[subscript]2D[subscript]3], demonstrates ...

Article: Vitamin cosmeceuticals gain popularity, performance varies
Dermatology Times;  October 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... cosmeceutical, a vitamin has to be nontoxic ... its biologically active form in the bottle and ... its biologically active form and must stay there ... are a variety of vitamin actives in the marketplace ... care, including vitamins E, A, C and the ...

Article: LUNG AIRWAY CELLS ACTIVATE VITAMIN D AND INCREASE IMMUNE ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 4, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Carver College of Medicine. "The active form of vitamin D is known to affect the expression ... helps convert the storage form of vitamin D into its active form. "When we put the storage form of vitamin D on the lung airway cells, we saw ...

Article: Lung airway cells activate vitamin D and increase immune ...
Diabetes Week;  November 17, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Carver College of Medicine. "The active form of vitamin D is known to affect the expression ... helps convert the storage form of vitamin D into its active form. "When we put the storage form of vitamin D on the lung airway cells, we saw ...

Article: Understanding the anti-cancer effects of vitamin D3.
Biotech Week;  July 22, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... the anticancer effects of the active form of vitamin D3. These data provide rationale ... therapeutic potential of the active form of vitamin D3 in colon cancer. Keywords ... Suppression, Vitamin D3, Vitamins (Vitamin D), Journal of ...

Article: Vitamin A
Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine;      700+ words ... ... express the amount of vitamin A activity in a product ... 000 RE) per day of vitamin A in its active form, except in the case ... The best way to get vitamins is in the natural food ... either large doses of vitamin A or pure beta carotene ...

Article: Calculated Ultraviolet Exposure Levels for a Healthy ...
Photochemistry and Photobiology;  November 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... cancer survival rates (24-26). The active form of vitamin D is 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D ... little response to sun exposure unless vitamin D status is low. Because the active form of the vitamin does not increase with sun exposure ...