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- 20% less likely to survive Pancreatic Cancer if poor Vitamin D Receptor - Aug 2018
- Pancreatic Cancer Meta-analysis June 2017
- See also VitaminDWiki
- Vitamin D Receptor category has the following
- 55 health problems associated with poor VDR
- How to increase VDR activation
- Genetics category listing contains the following
- Pancreatic cancer MORTALITY
- Pancreatic cancer INCIDENCE
20% less likely to survive Pancreatic Cancer if poor Vitamin D Receptor - Aug 2018
The vitamin D receptor gene as a determinant of survival in pancreatic cancer patients: Genomic analysis and experimental validation.
PLoS One. 2018 Aug 14;13(8):e0202272. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0202272. eCollection 2018.
Innocenti F1, Owzar K2,3, Jiang C3, Etheridge AS1, Gordân R2, Sibley AB3, Mulkey F3, Niedzwiecki D3, Glubb D1, Neel N1, Talamonti MS4, Bentrem DJ5, Seiser E1, Yeh JJ1, Van Loon K6, McLeod H7, Ratain MJ8, Kindler HL8, Venook AP6, Nakamura Y8, Kubo M9, Petersen GM10, Bamlet WR10, McWilliams RR10.
PURPOSE:
Advanced pancreatic cancer is a highly refractory disease almost always associated with survival of little more than a year. New interventions based on novel targets are needed. We aim to identify new genetic determinants of overall survival (OS) in patients after treatment with gemcitabine using genome-wide screens of germline DNA. We aim also to support these findings with in vitro functional analysis.
PATIENTS AND METHODS:
Genome-wide screens of germline DNA in two independent cohorts of pancreatic cancer patients (from the Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) 80303 and the Mayo Clinic) were used to select new genes associated with OS. The vitamin D receptor gene (VDR) was selected, and the interactions of genetic variation in VDR with circulating vitamin D levels and gemcitabine treatment were evaluated. Functional effects of common VDR variants were also evaluated in experimental assays in human cell lines.
RESULTS:
The rs2853564 variant in VDR was associated with OS in patients from both the
- Mayo Clinic (HR 0.81, 95% CI 0.70-0.94, p = 0.0059) and
- CALGB 80303 (HR 0.74, 0.63-0.87, p = 0.0002).
rs2853564 interacted with high pre-treatment levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D, a measure of endogenous vitamin D) (p = 0.0079 for interaction) and with gemcitabine treatment (p = 0.024 for interaction) to confer increased OS. rs2853564 increased transcriptional activity in luciferase assays and reduced the binding of the IRF4 transcription factor.
CONCLUSION:
Our findings propose VDR as a novel determinant of survival in advanced pancreatic cancer patients. Common functional variation in this gene might interact with endogenous vitamin D and gemcitabine treatment to determine improved patient survival. These results support evidence for a modulatory role of the vitamin D pathway for the survival of advanced pancreatic cancer patients.
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Pancreatic Cancer Meta-analysis June 2017
Plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels, vitamin D intake, and pancreatic cancer risk or mortality: a meta-analysis
Oncotarget. 2017 Jun 29. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.18888.
Zhang X1, Huang XZ1, Chen WJ1, Wu J1, Chen Y2, Wu CC1, Wang ZN3.
21% reduction in deaths, but no reduction in occurrence (study on this page)
That is, high Vitamin D blood level does not change who gets pancreatic caner, but it does increase survival
Note: Like many other diseases, how much vitamin D actually gets to the cells is far more important that how much is in blood
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- Pancreatic Cancer massively deregulates the local Vitamin D receptors and CPY24A1 – July 2014
- Restoring vitamin D levels to Pancreatic patients required up to 20000 IU daily – May 2012
Note: Probably need a lot more vitamin D to get past deregulated Vitamin D Receptor - Pancreatic Cancer Survival 40 percent more likely if had adequate vitamin D (30 ng) – June 2016 -vs. the 21% increased survival in the meta-analysis
Vitamin D Receptor category has the following
Vitamin D tests cannot detect Vitamin D Receptor (VDR) problems
A poor VDR restricts Vitamin D from getting in the cells
It appears that 30% of the population have a poor VDR (40% of the Obese )
Several diseases protect themselves by deactivating the Vitamin D receptor. Example: Breast Cancer
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The Vitamin D Receptor is associated with many health problems
Some health problems, such as Breast Cancer, Diabetes, and COVID protect themselves by reducing VDR activation
55 health problems associated with poor VDR
A poor VDR is associated with the risk of 55 health problems click here for details
The risk of 48 diseases at least double with poor VDR as of Jan 2023 click here for details
Some health problem, such as Breast Cancer reduce the VDR
VDR at-home test $29 - results not easily understood in 2016
There are hints that you may have inherited a poor VDR
How to increase VDR activation
Compensate for poor VDR by increasing one or more:
| Increasing | Increases |
| 1) Vitamin D supplement Sun Ultraviolet -B | Vitamin D in the blood and thus in the cells |
| 2) Magnesium | Vitamin D in the blood AND in the cells |
| 3) Omega-3 | Vitamin D in the cells |
| 4) Resveratrol | Vitamin D Receptor |
| 5) Intense exercise | Vitamin D Receptor |
| 6) Get prescription for VDR activator paricalcitol, maxacalcitol? | Vitamin D Receptor |
| 7) Quercetin (flavonoid) | Vitamin D Receptor |
| 8) Zinc is in the VDR | Vitamin D Receptor |
| 9) Boron | Vitamin D Receptor ?, etc |
| 10) Essential oils e.g. ginger, curcumin | Vitamin D Receptor |
| 11) Progesterone | Vitamin D Receptor |
| 12) Infrequent high concentration Vitamin D Increases the concentration gradient | Vitamin D Receptor |
| 13) Sulfroaphane and perhaps sulfur | Vitamin D Receptor |
| 14) Butyrate especially gut | Vitamin D Receptor |
| 15) Berberine | Vitamin D Receptor |
Note: If you are not feeling enough benefit from Vitamin D, you might try increasing VDR activation. You might feel the benefit within days of adding one or more of the above
Far healthier and stronger at age 72 due to supplements Includes 6 supplements that help the VDR
Genetics category listing contains the following
see also
- Vitamin D Receptor has
530 items - Vitamin D Binding Protein = GC has
178 items - CYP27B1 has
63 items - CYP24A1 in title of 39+ items
- CYP2R1 25+ items
- Calcidiol has
48 items - Calcitriol has
62 items - Topical Vitamin D
- Nanoemulsion Vitamin D may be a substantially better form
- 1289 genes changed with higher doses of Vitamin D - RCT Dec 2019
- CYP3A4 (7 as of Dec 2022)
- Getting Vitamin D into your body
Vitamin D blood test misses a lot
- Vitamin D from coming from tissues (vs blood) was speculated to be 50% in 2014, and by 2017 was speculated to be 90%
- Note: Good blood test results (> 40 ng) does not mean that a good amount of Vitamin D actually gets to cells
- A Vitamin D test in cells rather than blood was feasible (2017 personal communication) Commercially available 2019
- However, test results would vary in each tissue due to multiple genes
- Good clues that Vitamin D is being restricted from getting to the cells
1) A vitamin D-related health problem runs in the family
especially if it is one of 51+ diseases related to Vitamin D Receptor
2) Slightly increasing Vitamin D shows benefits (even if conventional Vitamin D test shows an increase)
3) DNA and VDR tests - 100 to 200 dollars $100 to $250
4) PTH bottoms out ( shows that parathyroid cells are getting Vitamin d)
Genes are good, have enough Magnesium, etc.
5) Back Pain
probably want at least 2 clues before taking adding vitamin D, Omega-3, Magnesium, Resveratrol, etc- The founder of VitaminDWiki took action with clues #3&5
Download the PDF from VitaminDWikiPancreatic cancer MORTALITY
Pancreatic cancer INCIDENCE
BACKGROUND:
The associations between vitamin D status, including plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] levels and vitamin D intake, and pancreatic cancer risk and mortality are inconsistent. The aims of this study are to evaluate the antitumor and therapeutic effects of vitamin D status for pancreatic cancer patients.METHODS:
A literature search for relevant studies was conducted using PubMed and Embase databases. Risk ratio (RR), hazard ratio (HR), and 95% confidence interval (CI) were used as the effect measures. All statistical analyses were performed using Stata software 12.0.RESULTS:
Our results indicated that high plasma 25(OH)D levels were inversely associated with pancreatic cancer mortality without significant heterogeneity (HR=0.81, 95% CI=0.68-0.96). However, high plasma 25(OH)D levels could not reduce pancreatic cancer risk (RR=1.02, 95% CI=0.66-1.57). Moreover, vitamin D intake was also not associated with pancreatic cancer risk (RR=1.11, 95% CI=0.67-1.86)Conclusions: Our results indicate that high plasma 25(OH)D levels were significantly associated with improved survival in pancreatic cancer patients. However, there were no significant associations between vitamin D intake or plasma 25(OH)D levels and pancreatic cancer risk.
PMID: 28733547 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.18888
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