Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels and Risk of Multiple Sclerosis

New diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis: Guidelines for research protocols

1983 • 7,404 citations

Toll-Like Receptor Triggering of a Vitamin D-Mediated Human Antimicrobial Response

2006 • 3,773 citations

Sunlight and vitamin D for bone health and prevention of autoimmune diseases, cancers, and cardiovascular disease

2004 • 2,707 citations

The Effect of Infections on Susceptibility to Autoimmune and Allergic Diseases

2002 • 2,592 citations

Estimation of optimal serum concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D for multiple health outcomes

2006 • 2,414 citations

Intake of vitamin D and risk of type 1 diabetes: a birth-cohort study

2001 • 1,927 citations

Loss of Functional Suppression by CD4+CD25+ Regulatory T Cells in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

2004 • 1,835 citations

Vitamin D: importance in the prevention of cancers, type 1 diabetes, heart disease, and osteoporosis

2004 • 1,664 citations

Influence of Season and Latitude on the Cutaneous Synthesis of Vitamin D₃: Exposure to Winter Sunlight in Boston and Edmonton Will Not Promote Vitamin D₃Synthesis in Human Skin*

1988 • 1,640 citations

Vitamin D supplementation, 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations, and safety

1999 • 1,500 citations

Human serum 25-hydroxycholecalciferol response to extended oral dosing with cholecalciferol

2003 • 1,411 citations

Vitamin D intake and incidence of multiple sclerosis

2004 • 1,079 citations

Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D status of adolescents and adults in two seasonal subpopulations from NHANES III

2002 • 819 citations

1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 reversibly blocks the progression of relapsing encephalomyelitis, a model of multiple sclerosis.

1996 • 729 citations

A genetic basis for familial aggregation in multiple sclerosis

1995 • 626 citations

Past exposure to sun, skin phenotype, and risk of multiple sclerosis: case-control study

2003 • 559 citations

1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 prevents the in vivo induction of murine experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.

1991 • 475 citations

Determination of vitamin D status by radioimmunoassay with an 125I-labeled tracer

1993 • 439 citations

Temporal Relationship Between Elevation of Epstein-Barr Virus Antibody Titers and Initial Onset of Neurological Symptoms in Multiple Sclerosis

2005 • 423 citations

The immunological functions of the vitamin D endocrine system.

2003 • 332 citations

Revised estimate of the prevalence of multiple sclerosis in the united states

1992 • 317 citations

The Defense Medical Surveillance System and the Department of Defense Serum Repository: Glimpses of the Future of Public Health Surveillance

2002 • 298 citations

Migrant studies in multiple sclerosis

1995 • 280 citations

SOME COMMENTS ON THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS TO LATITUDE, SOLAR RADIATION, AND OTHER VARIABLES

1960 • 278 citations

Multiple Sclerosis Is an Inflammatory T-Cell–Mediated Autoimmune Disease

2004 • 274 citations

A whole-genome admixture scan finds a candidate locus for multiple sclerosis susceptibility

2005 • 271 citations

The prevalence of hypovitaminosis D among US adults: data from the NHANES III.

2005 • 259 citations

Vitamin D3 Confers Protection from Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis Only in Female Mice

2005 • 243 citations

Geographic variation of MS incidence in two prospective studies of US women

1999 • 220 citations

Vitamin D deficiency in early life accelerates Type 1 diabetes in non-obese diabetic mice

2004 • 218 citations

Mechanisms involved in ultraviolet light-induced immunosuppression.

2004 • 175 citations

Mortality from multiple sclerosis and exposure to residential and occupational solar radiation: a case-control study based on death certificates

2000 • 168 citations

Multiple sclerosis: vitamin D and calcium as environmental determinants of prevalence

1974 • 142 citations

Vitamin D deficiency and reduced bone mineral density in multiple sclerosis: effect of ambulatory status and functional capacity

2005 • 139 citations

Periodic Regression in Biology and Climatology.

1959 • 134 citations

Rag-1-dependent cells are necessary for 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 prevention of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

2001 • 111 citations

THE PREVALENCE OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS IN AUSTRALIA

1962 • 85 citations

GEOGRAPHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

1967 • 80 citations

Considering the potential benefits as well as adverse effects of sun exposure: Can all the potential benefits be provided by oral vitamin D supplementation?

2006 • 79 citations

Who trusts healthcare institutions? Results from a community-based sample.

2005 • 60 citations

Prevention of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE) in the SJL/J mouse by whole body ultraviolet irradiation.

1984 • 56 citations

Genetic analysis of multiple sclerosis

2002 • 42 citations

Effects of Race, Geography, Body Habitus, Diet, and Exercise on Vitamin D Metabolism

2005 • 11 citations