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Vitamin D and tuberculosis: where next? by Brighenti, S., Bergman, P., Martineau, A. R.

“…Tuberculosis (TB) has troubled mankind for millennia, but current treatment strategies are long and complicated and the disease remains a major global health…”
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Protocol for a cluster randomised control trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of treatment for latent tuberculosis infection in recent migrants within primary care: the CATAPuLT trial by Burman, M, Copas, A, Zenner, D, Hickson, V, Gosce, L, Trathen, D, Ashcroft, R, Martineau, A R, Abubakar, I, Griffiths, C, Kunst, H

“…The identification and treatment of LTBI is a key component of the WHO's strategy to eliminate TB. Recent migrants from high TB-incidence countries are…”
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Vitamin D deficiency predicts latent TB reactivation independent of preventive therapy: a longitudinal study by Patterson, B., Smith, D., Telford, A., Tana, A., Johnstone, D., Davidson, R., Martineau, A. R.

“…BACKGROUND: Vitamin D deficiency is associated with progression of latent tuberculosis (TB) infection to active disease. The impact of preventive therapy on…”
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Effects of vitamin D2 or D3 supplementation on glycaemic control and cardiometabolic risk among people at risk of type 2 diabetes: results of a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial by Forouhi, N. G., Menon, R. K., Sharp, S. J., Mannan, N., Timms, P. M., Martineau, A. R., Rickard, A. P., Boucher, B. J., Chowdhury, T. A., Griffiths, C. J., Greenwald, S. E., Griffin, S. J., Hitman, G. A.

“…Aims To investigate the effect of short‐term vitamin D supplementation on cardiometabolic outcomes among individuals with an elevated risk of diabetes. Methods…”
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Innate Resistance to Tuberculosis in Man, Cattle and Laboratory Animal Models: Nipping Disease in the Bud? by Cassidy, J.P., Martineau, A.R.

“…Tuberculosis (TB) does not always develop in people or cattle exposed to the disease and some exposed individuals may not exhibit evidence of infection. Such…”
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Dendritic cell phenotype in severe asthma reflects clinical responsiveness to glucocorticoids by Chambers, E. S., Nanzer, A. M., Pfeffer, P. E., Richards, D. F., Martineau, A. R., Griffiths, C. J., Corrigan, C. J., Hawrylowicz, C. M.

“…Summary Background Subsets of patients with severe asthma remain symptomatic despite prolonged, high‐dose glucocorticoid therapy. We hypothesized that the…”
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Association between Gc genotype and susceptibility to TB is dependent on vitamin D status by Martineau, A R, Leandro, A C C S, Anderson, S T, Newton, S M, Wilkinson, K A, Nicol, M P, Pienaar, S M, Skolimowska, K H, Rocha, M A, Rolla, V C, Levin, M, Davidson, R N, Bremner, S A, Griffiths, C J, Eley, B S, Bonecini-Almeida, M G, Wilkinson, R J

“…Group-specific component (Gc) variants of vitamin D binding protein differ in their affinity for vitamin D metabolites that modulate antimycobacterial…”
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Regional solar radiation is inversely correlated with incidence and severity of tuberculosis in Chile by BALCELLS, M. E., CERDA, J., CONCHA, S., HOYOS–BACHILOGLU, R., CAMARGO, C. A., MARTINEAU, A. R., BORZUTZKY, A.

“…Vitamin D (VD) deficiency has been linked to increased incidence and morbidity of tuberculosis (TB). Chile has large variations in solar radiation (SR; a proxy…”
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G582 Phase 3 randomised controlled trial of vitamin D supplementation in 8,851 mongolian schoolchildren by Ganmaa, D, Gantsetseg, G, Khulan, D, Ariunzaya, S, Delgereh, B, Sumiya, E, Amarsaikhan, B, Martineau, AR

“…AimsTo determine the effects of vitamin D supplementation on diverse health outcomes in vitamin D-deficient schoolchildren.MethodsWe performed a phase 3…”
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Proceedings of the Rank Forum on Vitamin D by Lanham-New, S. A., Buttriss, J. L., Miles, L. M., Ashwell, M., Berry, J. L., Boucher, B. J., Cashman, K. D., Cooper, C., Darling, A. L., Francis, R. M., Fraser, W. D., de Groot, C. P. G. M., Hyppönen, E., Kiely, M., Lamberg-Allardt, C., Macdonald, H. M., Martineau, A. R., Masud, T., Mavroeidi, A., Nowson, C., Prentice, A., Stone, E. M., Reddy, S., Vieth, R., Williams, C. M.

“…The Rank Forum on Vitamin D was held on 2nd and 3rd July 2009 at the University of Surrey, Guildford, UK. The workshop consisted of a series of scene-setting…”
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Severe hypercalcaemia following vitamin D replacement for tuberculosis-associated hypovitaminosis D [Correspondence] by Lavender, T. W., Martineau, A. R., Quinton, R., Schwab, U.

“…A 46-year-old human immunodeficiency virus negative Pakistani man resident in the United Kingdom for 30 years presented with smear- and culture-positive…”
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Decreasing tuberculosis case fatality in England and Wales, 1988-2001 by MARTINEAU, A. R, LOWEY, H, TOCQUE, K, DAVIES, P. D. O

“…SETTING: Despite declining tuberculosis mortality per head of population, there was little change in tuberculosis case fatality in England and Wales from 1974…”
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Influence of a single oral dose of vitamin D2 on serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations in tuberculosis patients by MARTINEAU, A. R, NANZER, A. M, WILKINSON, R. J, GRIFFITHS, C. J, SATKUNAM, K. R, PACKE, G. E, RAINBOW, S. J, MAUNSELL, Z. J, TIMMS, P. M, VENTON, T. R, ELDRIDGE, S. M, DAVIDSON, R. N

“…SETTING: Newham Chest Clinic, London, UK.OBJECTIVE: To determine the safety and efficacy of the administration of bolus-dose vitamin D2 in elevating serum…”
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Gamma Interferon-Based Immunodiagnosis of Tuberculosis: Comparison between Whole-Blood and Enzyme-Linked Immunospot Methods by SCHÖLVINCK, Elisabeth, WILKINSON, Katalin A, WHELAN, Adam O, MARTINEAU, Adrian R, LEVIN, Michael, WILKINSON, Robert J

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Vitamin D deficiency contributes directly to the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) by Dancer, Rachel C A, Parekh, Dhruv, Lax, Sian, D'Souza, Vijay, Zheng, Shengxing, Bassford, Chris R, Park, Daniel, Bartis, D G, Mahida, Rahul, Turner, Alice M, Sapey, Elizabeth, Wei, Wenbin, Naidu, Babu, Stewart, Paul M, Fraser, William D, Christopher, Kenneth B, Cooper, Mark S, Gao, Fang, Sansom, David M, Martineau, Adrian R, Perkins, Gavin D, Thickett, David R

“…Vitamin D deficiency has been implicated as a pathogenic factor in sepsis and intensive therapy unit mortality but has not been assessed as a risk factor for…”
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Effects of vitamin D 2 or D 3 supplementation on glycaemic control and cardiometabolic risk among people at risk of type 2 diabetes: results of a randomized double‐blind placebo‐controlled trial by Forouhi, N. G., Menon, R. K., Sharp, S. J., Mannan, N., Timms, P. M., Martineau, A. R., Rickard, A. P., Boucher, B. J., Chowdhury, T. A., Griffiths, C. J., Greenwald, S. E., Griffin, S. J., Hitman, G. A.

“…Aims To investigate the effect of short‐term vitamin D supplementation on cardiometabolic outcomes among individuals with an elevated risk of diabetes. Methods…”
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Neutrophil-mediated innate immune resistance to mycobacteria by Martineau, Adrian R, Newton, Sandra M, Wilkinson, Katalin A, Kampmann, Beate, Hall, Bridget M, Nawroly, Niga, Packe, Geoffrey E, Davidson, Robert N, Griffiths, Christopher J, Wilkinson, Robert J

“…Neutrophils contain antimicrobial peptides with antituberculous activity, but their contribution to immune resistance to tuberculosis (TB) infection has not…”
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A Single Dose of Vitamin D Enhances Immunity to Mycobacteria by Martineau, Adrian R, Wilkinson, Robert J, Wilkinson, Katalin A, Newton, Sandra M, Kampmann, Beate, Hall, Bridget M, Packe, Geoffrey E, Davidson, Robert N, Eldridge, Sandra M, Maunsell, Zoe J, Rainbow, Sandra J, Berry, Jacqueline L, Griffiths, Christopher J

“…Vitamin D was used to treat tuberculosis (TB) in the preantibiotic era. Prospective studies to evaluate the effect of vitamin D supplementation on…”
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Vitamin D: An Adjunct to Antiretroviral Therapy? by Martineau, Adrian R.

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Serum and Pericardial Fluid Bactericidal Assays in a Patient with Staphylococcal Pericarditis by Martineau, A.R., Beeching, N.J., Nye, F.J., Croall, J., Amadi, A.A.

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