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Vitamin D controls resistance artery function through regulation of perivascular adipose tissue hypoxia and inflammation.
Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology - 1 Sept 2016
Pelham Christopher J, Drews Elizabeth M, Agrawal Devendra K
Abstract excerpt
Vitamin D deficiency in human subjects is associated with hypertension, metabolic syndrome and related risk factors of cardiovascular diseases. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels correlate inversely with adiposity in obese and lean individuals. Bioactive vitamin D, or calcitriol, exerts anti-inflammatory effects on adipocytes, preadipocytes and macrophages in vitro. We tested the hypothesis that vitamin D...
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