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1. Introduction
2. Types of vitamin D
3. Vitamin D production and metabolism
4. Sources of vitamin D
5. Vitamin D insufficiency and human migration
6. The evolutionary cause of pigmentation
7. The evolutionary cause of depigmentation
8. UVB exposure time and vitamin D production
9. Varying pigmentation among neanderthals
10. "Rickets" is from the old English "wrickken"
11. Vitamin D deficiency - "rickets"
12. Childhood lack of vitamin D causes rickets
13. Recommendations for vitamin D intake
14. Vitamin D insufficiency is prevalent
15. Vitamin D status in primates and early humans
16. Vitamin D supplementation
17. Vitamin D insufficiency
18. Vitamin D and autoimmunity
19. Vitamin D supplementations and mortality
20. Meta-analysis of data on all-cause mortality
21. Vitamin D concentrations and Myocardial Infarction
22. Vitamin D deficiency in type 2 diabetes
23. Vitamin D has a role in preventing CHD
24. Vitamin D concentration and breast cancer
25. Vitamin D concentrations & cancer malignancies
26. Vitamin D has immunomodulatory properties
27. Effect on T cells
28. Effect on B cells
29. Vitamin D inhibits dendritic cell differentiation
30. Cytokines in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
31. Calcitriol and development of dendritic cells
32. Vitamin D affects both adaptive & innate immunity
33. Vitamin D effects on T and B cells
34. Past tuberculosis treatment - sanatoriums
35. Tuberculosis and vitamin D
36. Vitamin D prevention of autoimmune models
37. Vitamin D concentrations and type 1 diabetes (1)
38. Autoimmunity and vitamin D concentrations
39. Vitamin D concentrations and type 1 diabetes (2)
40. MS - epidemiology
41. Distribution of MS throughout the world
42. Vitamin D deficiency and MS
43. MS rates and vitamin D concentrations
44. Vitamin D and risk of MS
45. MS in whites and blacks
46. Vitamin D and Rheumatoid Arthiritis (1)
47. Vitamin D and Rheumatoid Arthiritis (2)
48. Vitamin D and Rheumatoid Arthiritis (3)
49. Lupus
50. Lupus - epidemiology
51. Systemic lupus erythematosus
52. Discussion
53. Vitamin D deficiency and autoimmune disorders
54. Methods (1)
55. Methods (2)
56. Average vitamin D concentration in diseases
57. Results- clinical presentation
58. Frequency of vitamin D deficiency
59. Results (1)
60. Results (2)
61. Results (3)
62. Conclusions
63. Vitamin D, SLE and cardiovascular risk factors
64. Thank you

Topics Covered

• Effect of vitamin D on bone metabolism
• Vitamin D affects many other systems including the immune system
• Evolutionary significance of vitamin D
• Effects on promoting proper immune homeostasis

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Series:

• Autoimmunity

Categories:

• Immunology

Therapeutic Areas:

• Immunology & Inflammation

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Publication History

• Published on February 15, 2010
• Archived on December 10, 2020

Financial Disclosures

• Dr. Howard Amital has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.