Vitamin D: Physiology, Molecular Biology, and Clinical Applications (Hardcover, 2, 2010)

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 Def