Vitamin D

Dedication to Louis V. Avioli Steve Teitelbaum A. Introduction and Basic Biology 1. Vitamin D and Health: Evolution, Biologic Functions, and Dietary Requirements for Vitamin D Michael F. Holick 2. Photobiology of Vitamin D Tai C. Chen, Zhiren Lu and Michael F. Holick 3. The Functional Metabolism and Molecular Biology of Vitamin D Action Lori A. Plum and Hector F. DeLuca 4. Metabolism and Catabolism of Vitam D, its Metabolites and Clinically Relevant Analogs Glenville Jones 5. The Molecular Biology of the Vitamin D Receptor Diane R. Dowd and Paul N. MacDonald 6. VDR and RXR Subcellular Trafficking Julia Barsony 7. Mechanism of Action of 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 on Intestinal Calcium Absorption and Renal Calcium Transport Dare Ajibade, Bryan S. Benn and Sylvia Christakos 8. Biologic and Molecular Effects of Vitamin D on Bone Martin A. Montecino, Jane B. Lian, Janet L. Stein, Gary S. Stein, Andre J. van Wijnen, Fernando Cruzat 9. Biologic and Molecular Effect of Vitamin D on the Kidney Adriana S. Dusso and Masanori Tokumoto 10. Vitamin D and the Parathyroids Justin Silver and Tally Naveh Many 11. Diversity of Vitamin D Target Genes Carsten Carlberg B. Non-skeletal/Functions of Vitamin D 12. Extra Renal Synthesis of 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D and Health Implications Daniel D. Bikle 13. Vitamin D and the Innate Immunity Philip Liu, Martin Hewison, John S. Adams 14. Vitamin D and Colon Cancer Heidi S. Cross and Meinrad Peterlik 15. Mechanisms of Resistance to Vitamin D action in Human Cancer Cells Maria Jesus Iarriba and Alberto Munoz 16. Vitamin D and the Brain: A Neuropsychiatric Perspective Louise Harvey, Thomas Burne, Xiaoying Cui, Alan Mackay-Sim, Darryl Eyles and John McGrath 17. Vitamin D Modulation of Adipocyte Function Michael B. Zemel and Xiaocun Sun C. Vitamin D Status - Global Analysis 18. Determinants of Vitamin D Intake and Vitamin D Deficiency in the United States Mona S. Calvo and Susan J. Whiting 19. 25-hydroxyvitamin D Assays and Their Clinical Utility Neil C. Binkley and Gary Leusmeyer 20. Health Disparity and Vitamin D Deficiency in the United States Douglass Bibuld 21. Vitamin D Deficiency and its Health Consequences in Canada David A. Hanley 22. Vitamin D Deficiency and its Health Consequences in Northern Europe Leif Mosekilde 23. Vitamin D Deficiency and its Health Consequences in Mediterranean Countries Jose Manuel Quesada Gomez and Manuel Diaz-Curiel 24. Vitamin D Deficiency in the Middle East and its Health Consequences for Children Ghada El-Hajj Fuleihan 25. Vitamin D Deficiency in the Middle East and its Health Consequences for Adults El-Kaissi Samer and Suphia Sherbeeni 26. Vitamin D Deficiency and its Health Consequences in Africa Ann Prentice, Inez Schoenmakers, Kerry Jones, Landing Jarjou, Gail Goldberg 27. Vitamin D Deficiency and its Health Consequences in India R.K. Marwaha and R. Goswami 28. Vitamin D Deficiency, Rickets and Flourosis in India CV Harinaragan, CV and Shashank R Joshi 29. Vitamin D Deficiency and its Health Consequences in Asia Tim Green and Bernard Venn 30. Vitamin D Deficiency and its Health Consequences in New Zealand Mark J. Boland Ian R. Reid 31. Toxicity of Vitamin D Reinhold Vieth D. Health Consequences of Vitamin D Deficiency and Resistance on Musculoskeletal Health 32. Vitamin D Deficiency in Pregnancy and Lactation and Health Consequences Sarah N. Taylor, Carol L. Wagner, Bruce Hollis 33. Vitamin D Deficiency in Children and its Health Consequences Amy D. DiVasta, Kristen K. van der Veen, Catherine M. Gordan 34. Dietary Calcium Deficiency and Rickets John M. Pettifore, Philip R. Fischer, Tom D. Thacher 35. Vitamin D in Fracture Prevention and Muscle Function and Fall Prevention Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari 36. Inherited Defects of Vitamin D Metabolism Marie Demay 37. Molecular Defects in the Vitamin D Receptor Associated with Hereditary 1,25-Dihyroxyvitamin D Resistant Rickets (HVDRR) 38. Receptor-Independent Vitamin-D Resistance in Subhuman and Human Primates John S. Adams, Hong Chen, Thomas S. Lisse, Rene F. Chun, Martin Hewison 39. 25-Hyroxyvitamin D-1a-hydroxylase: Studies in Mouse Models and Implications for Human Disease E. Sunlight, Vitamin D and Cancer 40. The Health Benefits of Solar Irradiance and the Consequences of its Deprivation William B. Grant 41. Vitamin D Status, Solar Radiation and Cancer Prognosis Johan Moan, Oyvind Sverre Bruland, Arne Dahlback, Asta Juzeniene and Alina Carmen Porojnicu 42. Epidemiology of Vitamin D and Cancer Edward Giovannucci 43. Vitamin D Deficiency and the Epidemiology of Prostate Cancer Gary Schwartz 44. Vitamin D for Cancer Prevention and Survival Edward D. Gorham, Sharif B. Mohr, Frank C. Garland and Cedric F. Garland 45. The Anti-Cancer Effect of Vitamin D: What do the Randomized Trials Show? Joan M. Lappe and Robert P. Heaney 46. Sunlight, Skin Cancer and Vitamin D Jorg Reichrath F. Vitamin D Deficiency and Chronic Disease 47. Vitamin D and Risk of Type 1 Diabetes Elina Hypponen 48. Vitamin D and Multiple Sclerosis Alberto Ascherio and Kassandra L. Munger 49. Vitamin D and Type II Diabetes Myrto Eliades and Anastassios G. Pittas 50. Role of Vitamin D for Cardiovascular Health Robert Scragg 51. Vitamin D, Renin and Blood Pressure Yan Chun Li 52. Role of Vitamin D and Vitamin D Analogues for Bone Health and Survival in Chronic Kidney Disease Ishir Bhan, Hector Tamez and Ravi Thadhani 53. Role of Vitamin D and Ultraviolet Radiation in Chronic Kidney Disease Rolfdieter Krause 54. Role of Vitamin D in Rheumatoid Arthritis Linda A. Merlino 55. Vitamin D, Respiratory Infections and Obstructive Airway Diseases Carlos Carmago, Jr., Adit A. Ginde, Jonathan M. Mansback G. Clinical Uses of Vitamin D Analogues 56. Treatment of Immuno-mediated Diseases by Vitamin D Analogues 57. Clinical Utility of 1, 25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 and its Analogues for the Treatment of Psoriasis Jorg Reichrath and Michael F. Holick 58. Affinity Aklylating Vitamin D Analogs as Molecular Probes and Therapeutic Agents Rahul Ray 59. Anti-inflammatory Activity of Calcitriol that Contributes to its Therapeutic and Chemopreventive Effects in Prostate Cancer Aruna V. Krishnan and David Feldman