Areas P

No ORCID on file · 2 papers in corpus · active 2016-2018
2018
Frontiers in endocrinology ·doi:10.3389/fendo.2018.00252

PurposeCalcitriol, or 1,25-hydroxycholecalciferol, is the active form of vitamin D. It binds and activates vitamin D receptor (VDR). Infertility and defective folliculogenesis have been observed in female vdr-knockout mice; however, whether…

2016
JBRA assisted reproduction ·doi:10.5935/1518-0557.20160029

ObjectiveVitamin D deficiency has been largely related to infertility in animals. However, data demonstrating a direct association between hypovitaminosis D and infertility in humans are still conflicting. Increased body weight and an eleva…