Vitamin D and Health in the 21st Century

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The conference "Vitamin D and Health in the 21st Century: An Update" was convened September 5-6, 2007, by the NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, bringing together scientists with many areas of expertise. Conference proceedings are published in the August 2008 supplement to the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, published by the American Society for Nutrition. Below are links to the 20 articles from this issue. For more information on the publication, see the NIH News Release.

Overview of the conference "Vitamin D and Health in the 21st Century: an Update"

Patsy M. Brannon, Elizabeth A. Yetley, Regan L. Bailey, and Mary Frances Picciano

http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/483S?ijkey=/MeZU0FS6bjMA&keytype;=ref&siteid;=ajcn

From vitamin D to hormone D: fundamentals of the vitamin D endocrine system essential for good health

Anthony W. Norman http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/491S?ijkey=rdGpg9rwIXF7c&keytype;=ref&siteid;=ajcn

Vitamin D across the lifecycle: physiology and biomarkers

Ann Prentice, Gail R. Goldberg, and Inez Schoenmakers http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/500S?ijkey=.bQksqwVQ337.&keytype;=ref&siteid;=ajcn

Measuring 25-hydroxyvitamin D in a clinical environment: challenges and needs

Bruce W. Hollis http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/507S?ijkey=MhUZWnZX6CnrI&keytype;=ref&siteid;=ajcn

Development of a standard reference material for vitamin D in serum

Karen W. Phinney http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/511S?ijkey=I7Tiatmqaqegk&keytype;=ref&siteid;=ajcn

Summary of evidence-based review on vitamin D efficacy and safety in relation to bone health

Ann Cranney, Hope A. Weiler, Siobhan O'Donnell, Lorri Puil http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/513S?ijkey=9TodpRT1bPytI&keytype;=ref&siteid;=ajcn

Vitamin D in pregnancy and lactation: maternal, fetal and neonatal outcomes from human and animal studies

Christopher S. Kovacs http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/520S?ijkey=itz5ts3uYbWWE&keytype;=ref&siteid;=ajcn

25-Hydroxyvitamin D: functional outcomes in infants and young children

Frank R. Greer http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/529S?ijkey=tsoyvO9xipTcI&keytype;=ref&siteid;=ajcn

25-Hydroxyvitamin D and functional outcomes in adolescents

Christel J.E. Lamberg-Allardt and Heli T. Viljakainen http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/534S?ijkey=CnyVsvtNVU.c6&keytype;=ref&siteid;=ajcn

Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and functional outcomes in the elderly

Bess Dawson-Hughes http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/537S?ijkey=jvYN2YcTGJezI&keytype;=ref&siteid;=ajcn

Vitamin D and calcium interactions: functional outcomes

Robert P. Heaney http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/541S?ijkey=IotrM537eBM6Y&keytype;=ref&siteid;=ajcn

African Americans, 25 hydroxyvitamin D, and osteoporosis: a paradox

John F. Aloia

http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/545S?ijkey=KN5qirQ.6mjZI&keytype;=ref&siteid;=ajcn

Assessing vitamin D contents in foods and supplements: challenges and needs

Joanne M. Holden and Linda E. Lemar

http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/551S?ijkey=UiDfBNkfBfa62&keytype;=ref&siteid;=ajcn

Analyzing vitamin D in foods and supplements: methodologic changes

W. Craig Byrdwell, Jon DeVries, Jacob Exler, James M. Harnly, Joanne M. Holden, Michael F. Holick, Bruce W. Hollis, Ronald L. Horst, Mark Lada, Linda E. Lemar, Kristine Y. Patterson, Katherine M. Philips, Maria T. Tarrago-Trani, Wayne R. Wolf

http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/554S?ijkey=gL/VfQTzSMpz.&keytype;=ref&siteid;=ajcn

Assessing the vitamin D status of the US population

Elizabeth A. Yetley http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/558S?ijkey=53Tx/Jml7loxE&keytype;=ref&siteid;=ajcn

Vitamin D and cancer: current dilemmas and future research needs

Cindy D. Davis http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/565S?ijkey=hFQ/1m5zc4.xM&keytype;=ref&siteid;=ajcn

Sun exposure and vitamin D sufficiency

Barbara A. Gilchrest http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/570S?ijkey=mcRr.W7GBuPZk&keytype;=ref&siteid;=ajcn

Adverse effects of nutritional inadequacy and excess: a hormetic model

Daniel P. Hayes http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/578S?ijkey=Df4PpxVKh/k6Y&keytype;=ref&siteid;=ajcn

Pharmacokinetics of vitamin D toxicity

Glenville Jones http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/582S?ijkey=SJFbZ0gRso7YY&keytype;=ref&siteid;=ajcn

Summary of roundtable discussion on vitamin D research needs

Patsy M. Brannon, Elizabeth A. Yetley, Regan L. Bailey, and Mary Frances Picciano

http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/587S?ijkey=hbrumvpIr1Hug&keytype;=ref&siteid;=ajcn

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