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Species | Ilkka LaaksiSummaryAffiliation: University of Tampere Country: Finland Publications
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Vitamin D fortification as public health policy: significant improvement in vitamin D status in young Finnish menI T Laaksi
Department of Cell Biology, Medical School, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
Eur J Clin Nutr 60:1035-8. 2006..In Finland, after the recommendation by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, vitamin D has been added to liquid milk products and margarines from February 2003...
An association of serum vitamin D concentrations < 40 nmol/L with acute respiratory tract infection in young Finnish menIlkka Laaksi
Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Medical School, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
Am J Clin Nutr 86:714-7. 2007..The data suggest that differences in the ability of human populations to produce vitamin D may contribute to susceptibility to microbial infection...
Vitamin D and respiratory infection in adultsIlkka Laaksi
Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Medical School, University of Tampere, Medisiinarinkatu 3, 33014 Tampere, Finland
Proc Nutr Soc 71:90-7. 2012..There is also some evidence of the prevention of infections by vitamin D supplementation. Randomised controlled trials are warranted to explore this preventive effect...
Impaired motor performance in mice lacking neurosteroid vitamin D receptorsAllan V Kalueff
Department of Anatomy, Medical School, University of Tampere, Tampere 33014, Finland
Brain Res Bull 64:25-9. 2004..This study confirms the important role of the vitamin D system in motor functions and suggests that animal genetic models targeting the vitamin D/VDR system may be a useful tool to study vitamin D-related motor/behavioural disorders...
Abnormal behavioral organization of grooming in mice lacking the vitamin D receptor geneAllan V Kalueff
Department of Anatomy, Medical School, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
J Neurogenet 19:1-24. 2005..Our results suggest that a neurosteroid vitamin D and VDR may play an important role in controlling sequencing of grooming in mice, and further confirm the important role of the vitamin D system and VDR in the regulation of behavior...
Increased anxiety in mice lacking vitamin D receptor geneAllan V Kalueff
Department of Anatomy, Medical School, University of Tampere, FIN 33014 Tampere, Finland
Neuroreport 15:1271-4. 2004..These studies suggest that vitamin D and its receptors are an important factor in the brain, whose imbalance may significantly affect emotional behaviour...
25-hydroxyvitamin D3 is an active hormone in human primary prostatic stromal cellsYan Ru Lou
Department of Anatomy, Medical School, FIN 33014, University of Tampere, Finland
FASEB J 18:332-4. 2004..Altogether our results suggest that 25OHD3 at a high but physiological concentration acts as an active hormone with respect to vitamin D3 responsive gene regulation and suppression of cell proliferation...
Antiproliferative action of vitamin DTimo Ylikomi
Graduate School of Biomedicine, Department of Cell Biology, 33014 University of Tampere, Finland
Vitam Horm 64:357-406. 2002..In the present review we discuss the mechanisms whereby vitamin D regulates cell proliferation and whether it could be used in prevention and treatment of hyperproliferative disorders like cancers...
