Vitamin D in Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome

Summary

Vitamin D deficiency occurs in around 50% of our transplant population. Preventive treatment with Vitamin D (D-cure) can reduce the prevalence of Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome after lung transplantation

Timeline

Start

2010-10

Primary completion

2013-09

Completion

2015-08

Publications

• Background Ramirez AM, Wongtrakool C, Welch T, Steinmeyer A, Zugel U, Roman J. Vitamin D inhibition of pro-fibrotic effects of transforming growth factor beta1 in lung fibroblasts and epithelial cells. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2010 Feb 15;118(3):142-50. doi: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2009.11.004. Epub 2009 Nov 17.
• Background Zittermann A, Schleithoff SS, Gotting C, Fuchs U, Kuhn J, Kleesiek K, Tenderich G, Koerfer R. Calcitriol deficiency and 1-year mortality in cardiac transplant recipients. Transplantation. 2009 Jan 15;87(1):118-24. doi: 10.1097/TP.0b013e31818c2708.
• Background Janssens W, Bouillon R, Claes B, Carremans C, Lehouck A, Buysschaert I, Coolen J, Mathieu C, Decramer M, Lambrechts D. Vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent in COPD and correlates with variants in the vitamin D-binding gene. Thorax. 2010 Mar;65(3):215-20. doi: 10.1136/thx.2009.120659. Epub 2009 Dec 8.
• Background Vanaudenaerde BM, Meyts I, Vos R, Geudens N, De Wever W, Verbeken EK, Van Raemdonck DE, Dupont LJ, Verleden GM. A dichotomy in bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome after lung transplantation revealed by azithromycin therapy. Eur Respir J. 2008 Oct;32(4):832-43. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00134307.
• Background Estenne M, Maurer JR, Boehler A, Egan JJ, Frost A, Hertz M, Mallory GB, Snell GI, Yousem S. Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome 2001: an update of the diagnostic criteria. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2002 Mar;21(3):297-310. doi: 10.1016/s1053-2498(02)00398-4. No abstract available.

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