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Hypovitaminosis D3, Leukopenia, and Human Serotonin Transporter Polymorphism in Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa
Joint Authors
Albi, Elisabetta
Cataldi, Samuela
Beccari, T.
Codini, Michela
Ambesi-Impiombato, Francesco Saverio
Curcio, Francesco
Tasegian, Anna
Dalla Ragione, Laura
Rossetti, Francesca
Source
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-01-24
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Vitamin D3 has been described to have different extraskeletal roles by acting as parahormone in obesity, diabetes, cancer, cognitive impairment, and dementia and to have important regulatory functions in innate immunity.
There are no studies showing extraskeletal changes associated with hypovitaminosis D3 in eating disorders.
Methods.
We have analyzed the blood of 18 patients affected by anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa collected over a 15-month period.
We performed a panel of chemical and clinical analyses: the assay of vitamin D3, the immunoblotting of vitamin D receptor and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma, and the genotyping of 5-hydroxytryptamine transporter linked polymorphic region.
Results.
We choose 18 patients with a normal blood test profile such as thyroid hormones, hepatic and renal parameters, triglycerides, proteins, vitamin B12, and folic acid.
Among these emerged the case of a woman with long-term anorexia nervosa and the case of a woman with long-term bulimia nervosa both complicated by anxiety and depression, severe hypovitaminosis D3, decrease of vitamin D receptor, leukopenia, and 5-hydroxytryptamine transporter linked polymorphic region short allele.
Conclusion.
The results induce hypothesising that the severe hypovitaminosis D3 might be responsible for the lack of the inflammatory response and the depressive symptoms in patients with long-term eating disorders.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Tasegian, Anna& Curcio, Francesco& Dalla Ragione, Laura& Rossetti, Francesca& Cataldi, Samuela& Codini, Michela…[et al.]. 2016. Hypovitaminosis D3, Leukopenia, and Human Serotonin Transporter Polymorphism in Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa. Mediators of Inflammation،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1111239
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Tasegian, Anna…[et al.]. Hypovitaminosis D3, Leukopenia, and Human Serotonin Transporter Polymorphism in Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa. Mediators of Inflammation No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1111239
American Medical Association (AMA)
Tasegian, Anna& Curcio, Francesco& Dalla Ragione, Laura& Rossetti, Francesca& Cataldi, Samuela& Codini, Michela…[et al.]. Hypovitaminosis D3, Leukopenia, and Human Serotonin Transporter Polymorphism in Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa. Mediators of Inflammation. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1111239
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1111239