Regulatory T cell function correlates with serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D, but not with 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D, parathyroid hormone and calcium levels in patients with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 121, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 243-246

  Smolders, Joost ^a   Menheere, Paul ^a   Thewissen, Mariëlle ^a   Peelen, Evelyn ^a   Tervaert, Jan Willem Cohen ^a   Hupperts, Raymond ^a,b   Damoiseaux, Jan ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Sittard Geleen Heerlen   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

1,25 Dihydroxyvitamin D; 25 Hydroxyvitamin D; Calcium; Multiple sclerosis; Parathyroid hormone; Regulatory T cells; T helper type 17 cells; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; 1,25-DIHYDROXYVITAMIN D; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADOLESCENT; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADOLESCENT; CALCIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; PARATHYROID HORMONE; T-LYMPHOCYTES; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; VITAMIN D;

EID: 77954357437     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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