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SUBMITTER: Weinstein SJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4289432 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Weinstein Stephanie J SJ Purdue Mark P MP Smith-Warner Stephanie A SA Mondul Alison M AM Black Amanda A Ahn Jiyoung J Huang Wen-Yi WY Horst Ronald L RL Kopp William W Rager Helen H Ziegler Regina G RG Albanes Demetrius D
International journal of cancer 20140902 6
The potential role of vitamin D in cancer prevention has generated substantial interest, and laboratory experiments indicate several anti-cancer properties for vitamin D compounds. Prospective studies of circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D], the accepted biomarker of vitamin D status, suggest an inverse association with colorectal cancer risk, but with some inconsistencies. Furthermore, the direct or indirect impact of the key transport protein, vitamin D binding protein (DBP), has not been ...[more]