title: Can vitamin D reduce the risk of uterine fibroids?
authors.affiliation: Georgia Regents University, Division of Translational Research, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Medical College of Georgia, 1120 15th Street, BA-7300, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.
authors.forename: Ayman
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Al-Hendy
authors.forename: Marwa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Badr
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D002762:Cholecalciferol / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D016259:Genes, myc; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D018167:Receptors, Calcitriol / Q000378:metabolism; D012307:Risk Factors; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016387:Women's Health; D051025:bcl-Associated Death Protein / Q000096:biosynthesis
chemical_list: C494819:BAD protein, human; C000595707:BCL2 protein, human; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D018167:Receptors, Calcitriol; D051025:bcl-Associated Death Protein; D014807:Vitamin D; D002762:Cholecalciferol
keywords: fibroid; leiomyoma; vitamin D