Research Database

To examine the role of vitamin D receptor (VDR) in skeletal muscle differentiation and fiber-type gene expression in rat L6 myoblasts.

To investigate the combined effect of 1,25(OH)2-vitamin D3 with insulin and leucine on protein fractional synthesis rate and signaling in murine C2C12 skeletal...

To identify genetic regions linked to idiopathic short stature (ISS) in children through genome-wide linkage and association analysis.

To determine if circulating vitamin D levels causally influence adult height and whether height reciprocally affects vitamin D levels, using Mendelian...

To investigate whether changes in 25(OH) vitamin D levels are independently associated with changes in leptin levels during a 1-year lifestyle intervention in...

To determine whether insulin sensitivity mediates the association between vitamin D status (25OHD) and resting energy expenditure (REE) in Australian adults of...

To investigate the relationship between vitamin D status and resting metabolic rate (RMR), and whether this relationship is mediated by vitamin D receptor...

To assess whether baseline vitamin D levels influence immune response to seasonal influenza vaccine in older adults, and whether PPARG gene variants and...

To evaluate the efficacy of whole-body vibration training plus vitamin D supplementation in older adults with osteosarcopenia and its association with irisin...