Circulating vitamin D, calcium and risk of cerebrovascular disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Chowdhury, Rajiv; Stevens, Sarah; Ward, Heather; Chowdhury, Susmita; Sajjad, Ayesha; Franco, Oscar H.

doi:10.1007/s10654-012-9729-z

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“…A recent metaanalysis of prospective observational studies revealed an inverse relationship between levels of 25(OH)D 3 and risk of CVD, including coronary heart disease, stroke, and total CVD mortality (473). These increased risks for coronary heart disease and ischemic stroke or cerebrovascular disease for individuals with the lowest 25(OH)D 3 levels were also observed in other meta-analyses (60,61,82).…”

Section: Vitamin D: Pleiotropic Effectsmentioning

confidence: 78%

Vitamin D: Metabolism, Molecular Mechanism of Action, and Pleiotropic Effects

Christakos

Dhawan

Verstuyf

et al. 2016

Physiological Reviews

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, [1,25(OH) 2 D 3 ] is the hormonally active form of vitamin D. The genomic mechanism of 1,25(OH) 2 D 3 action involves the direct binding of the 1,25(OH) 2 D 3 activated vitamin D receptor/retinoic X receptor (VDR/RXR) heterodimeric complex to specific DNA sequences. Numerous VDR co-regulatory proteins have been identified, and genome-wide studies have shown that the actions of 1,25(OH) 2 D 3 involve regulation of gene activity at a range of locations many kilobases from the transcription start site. The structure of the liganded VDR/RXR complex was recently characterized using cryoelectron microscopy, X-ray scattering, and hydrogen deuterium exchange. These recent technological advances will result in a more complete understanding of VDR coactivator interactions, thus facilitating cell and gene specific clinical applications. Although the identification of mechanisms mediating VDR-regulated transcription has been one focus of recent research in the field, other topics of fundamental importance include the identification and functional significance of proteins involved in the metabolism of vitamin D. CYP2R1 has been identified as the most important 25-hydroxylase, and a critical role for CYP24A1 in humans was noted in studies showing that inactivating mutations in CYP24A1 are a probable cause of idiopathic infantile hypercalcemia. In addition, studies using knockout and transgenic mice have provided new insight on the physiological role of vitamin D in classical target tissues as well as evidence of extraskeletal effects of 1,25(OH) 2 D 3 including inhibition of cancer progression, effects on the cardiovascular system, and immunomodulatory effects in certain autoimmune diseases. Some of the mechanistic findings in mouse models have also been observed in humans. The identification of similar pathways in humans could lead to the development of new therapies to prevent and treat disease.

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Section: Vitamin D: Pleiotropic Effectsmentioning

confidence: 78%

Vitamin D: Metabolism, Molecular Mechanism of Action, and Pleiotropic Effects

Christakos

Dhawan

Verstuyf

et al. 2016

Physiological Reviews

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“…The study reported positive association of high levels of 25(OH)D (>89 ng/mL) with incidence of heart diseases [99]. Risk of cerebrovascular disease [100] and stroke [101] was significantly lower in subjects with high 25(OH) D levels compared to those with insufficient vitamin D status. Similar results were demonstrated in 40,000 individuals [102], coronary angiography and diabetic patients [103,104] and in 203 individuals with subclinical carotid atherosclerosis [105].…”

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confidence: 99%

Interplay of vitamin D and metabolic syndrome: A review

Prasad

Kochhar

2016

Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Revi

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“…Latitude, season, cultural norms, religious practices, low awareness, low knowledge/health literacy, indoor lifestyles, urban living, skin pigmentation, malnutrition, diet, co-morbidities like tuberculosis, and drugs may contribute to vitamin D deficiency especially in the in the developing world, moreover, blacks tend to have lower levels of 25(OH)D compared to whites [2,3]. It has been widely demonstrated that Vitamin D is also involved in different non-skeletal functions, including hypertension, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and Stroke [4,5,6,7].…”

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Vitamin D in Neurological Diseases: A Rationale for a Pathogenic Impact

Moretti

Morelli

Caruso

2018

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It is widely known that vitamin D receptors have been found in neurons and glial cells and their highest expression is in the hippocampus, hypothalamus, thalamus and subcortical grey nuclei, and substantia nigra. The vitamin D helps the regulation of neurotrophin, neural differentiation and maturation, through the control operation of growing factors synthesis (ie NGF and GDNF), the trafficking of the septo-hyppocampal pathway, and the control of the synthesis process of different neuromodulators (such as Ach, DA, and GABA).Based on these assumptions, we have written this review in order to summarize the potential role of vitamin D in neurological pathologies. The work could be titanic, and might result very fuzzy and even incoherent, if we would not have conjectured to taper our first intentions and devoted our interests towards three mainstreams: demyelinating pathologies, vascular syndromes and neurodegeneration.Due to the lack of effective therapeutic options, a part from the disease modifying strategies, the role of different risk factors should be investigated in neurology, as far as their correction may lead to the improvement of the cerebral conditions.We have explored the relationships between the gene-environmental influence and long term vitamin D deficiency, as a risk factor for the development of different types of neurological disorders, along with the role and the rationale of therapeutic trials with vitamin D implementation. Peer-reviewed version available at Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2018, 19, 2245 doi:10.3390/ijms19082245 3 SEARCH STRATEGY AND SELECTION CRITERIAWe searched MEDLINE using the search terms: "vitamin D central nervous system" , both "vitamin D" and "central nervous system"; "vitamin D immune system/response", both "vitamin D" and "immune system" or "immune response"; "vitamin D multiple sclerosis risk", both "vitamin D" and "multiple sclerosis risk"; "vitamin D multiple sclerosis relapse", both "vitamin D" and "multiple sclerosis relapse"; "vitamin D multiple sclerosis magnetic resonance imaging", both "vitamin D" and "multiple sclerosis magnetic resonance imaging"; "vitamin D multiple sclerosis disability", both "vitamin D" and "multiple sclerosis disability"; "vitamin D supplementation/therapy/treatment multiple sclerosis", both "vitamin D supplementation" or "vitamin D therapy" or "vitamin D treatment" and "multiple sclerosis"; "vascular dementia", both as -vascular-and -dementia-, "subcortical vascular dementia", both assubcortical-and -dementia-, "Alzheimer's disease", "pathogenesis neurodegeneration" "amyloid", "cholinergic afferents", "arteriolosclerosis", "cerebral flow regulation", "stroke". Publications were selected mostly form the past 20years, but did not exclude frequently referenced and highly regarded older publications. . Congress abstracts and isolated case reports were not considered. We searched the reference lists of articles identified by this search strategy and selected those we judged relevant. Review articles and book chapters are cited to provide with ...

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Circulating vitamin D, calcium and risk of cerebrovascular disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Cited by 71 publications

References 40 publications

Vitamin D: Metabolism, Molecular Mechanism of Action, and Pleiotropic Effects

Vitamin D: Metabolism, Molecular Mechanism of Action, and Pleiotropic Effects

Interplay of vitamin D and metabolic syndrome: A review

Vitamin D in Neurological Diseases: A Rationale for a Pathogenic Impact

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