GD Smith, S Ebrahim - International Journal of Epidemiology, 2004 - IEA In this issue of the International Journal of Epidemiology we reprint a letter to the Lancet by Martijn
Katan 1 and several commentaries 2 –7 concerning what has become known as 'Mendelian
randomization' 8 –12 —the use of genotype–disease associations to make inferences ... Cited by 176 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
BO Roep - Diabetologia, 2003 - Springer Type 1 diabetes mellitus results from a T-cell mediat- ed autoimmune destruction of the pancreatic
beta cells in genetically predisposed individuals. The knowledge of the immunopathogenesis
has increased enormously in the last two decades. The contribution of T-cells in the ... Cited by 139 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►diabetesjournals.org R Scragg, MF Sowers, C Bell - Diabetes Care, 2004 - Am Diabetes Assoc RESULTS—Adjusting for sex, age, BMI, leisure activity, and quarter of year, ethnicity-specific
odds ratios (ORs) for diabetes (fasting glucose ≥7.0 mmol/l) varied inversely across quartiles
of 25OHD in a dose-dependent pattern (OR 0.25 [95% CI 0.11–0.60] for non-Hispanic ... Cited by 139 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
- ►sediabetes.org [PDF] C Mathieu, C Gysemans, A Giulietti, R Bouillon - Diabetologia, 2005 - Springer Abstract Vitamin D deficiency predisposes individuals to type 1 and type 2 diabetes, and receptors
for its activated form—1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D 3 —have been identified in both beta cells and
immune cells. Vitamin D deficiency has been shown to impair insulin synthesis and ... Cited by 127 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
- ►oxfordjournals.org PM Timms, N Mannan, GA Hitman, K Noonan, PG Mills … - Qjm, 2002 - Oxford Univ Press Add to CiteULike Add to Connotea Add to Del.icio.us What's this? ... Circulating MMP9, vitamin
D and variation in the TIMP-1 response with VDR genotype: mechanisms for inflammatory damage
in chronic disorders? ... Received 28 February 2002 Accepted for publication 17 May 2002. Cited by 86 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
- ►nih.gov Y Fang, JBJ van Meurs, A d'Alesio, M Jhamai, H … - The American Journal of …, 2005 - Elsevier Polymorphisms of the vitamin D receptor gene (VDR) have been shown to be associated with
several complex diseases, including osteoporosis, but the mechanisms are unknown and study
results have been inconsistent. We therefore determined sequence variation across the ... Cited by 71 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 10 versions
- ►aacrjournals.org ML Slattery, W Samowitz, M Hoffman, KN Ma, TR … - … Biomarkers & Prevention, 2004 - AACR Introduction: Aspirin and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) have been shown to
reduce risk of colorectal cancer. Although inhibition of cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 is generally
thought to be the relevant mechanism, aspirin-like drugs apparently are involved in other ... Cited by 46 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
ML Slattery, M Murtaugh, B Caan, KN Ma, R Wolff, … - Cancer Causes and …, 2004 - Springer Page 1. Associations between BMI, energy intake, energy expenditure, VDR genotype
and colon and rectal cancers (United States) Martha L. Slattery 1, *, Maureen Murtaugh
1 , Bette Caan 2 , Khe Ni Ma 1 , Roger Wolff 1 & Wade Samowitz 3 ... Cited by 29 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
P Eerligh, BPC Koeleman, F Dudbridge, GJ Bruining, … - Genes and Immunity, 2004 - nature.com Genetic association with type 1 diabetes (T1D) has been established for two chromosomal
regions: HLA DQ/DR (IDDM1) and INS VNTR (IDDM2). To identify additional genetic
markers, we tested polymorphisms in regulatory regions of several cytokine and important ... Cited by 27 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
K Luong, LTH Nguyen, DNP NGUYEN - Diabetes/metabolism research and …, 2005 - cat.inist.fr The relationship between autoimmune diabetes or type 1 diabetes mellitus and vitamin D has
been reported in the literature. Many factors, environmental and genetic, have been known, as
risk factors, to cause both type 1 diabetes and vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D treatment ... Cited by 26 - Related articles - All 2 versions
