Research Database

To determine if vitamin D3 supplementation and active vitamin D directly regulate vitamin D receptor (VDR) expression in human skeletal muscle.

To determine if vitamin D receptor signaling directly regulates skeletal muscle mass and strength, independent of calcium, magnesium, and phosphate.

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...