ArticleBiomolecules2023
The Effect of Narrow-Band Ultraviolet B Phototherapy on Free and Total Vitamin D Serum Levels in Mild to Severe Plaque Psoriasis.
Article in Biomolecules, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- Impact of vitamin D receptor gene variants on psoriasis vulgaris susceptibility and clinical phenotype in a Greek population.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2026Article
- Development of Predictive Models for NB-UVB Treatment Efficacy and Safety in Psoriasis.Psoriasis (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Article
- Bringing Vitamin D and the Vitamin D Receptor into the Limelight.Biomolecules · 2024Article
- The Effect of Phototherapy on Systemic Inflammation Measured with Serum Vitamin D-Binding Protein and hsCRP in Patients with Inflammatory Skin Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
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Abstract
Vitamin D plays an important role in skin inflammation in psoriasis. The beneficial effects of ultraviolet light B (UVB) phototherapy in psoriasis are partly attributed to UVB-induced increase of vitamin D levels. In clinical practice, total 25-hydroxy vitamin D (25(OH)D) levels are measured to assess sufficiency, but it might be more accurate to measure free 25(OH)D levels. The aim of this study was to measure free serum 25(OH)D levels in psoriasis patients before and after phototherapy and to investigate if free 25(OH)D correlates stronger to disease severity than total 25(OH)D. Twenty adults (>18 years) with psoriasis were included for treatment with narrow-band UVB (NB-UVB) phototherapy for 10-12 weeks. Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) were used to assess disease severity. Serum levels of total 25(OH)D, free 25(OH)D, and 1,25(OH)
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