Margherita Cantorna All publications ( 19 ) Cantorna MT. Yu S. Bruce D. The paradoxical effects of vitamin D on type 1 mediated immunity. 2008 May 4. Mol Aspects Med. . Yu S. Cantorna MT. The vitamin D receptor is required for iNKT cell development. 2008 Apr 1. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 105(13):5207-12. Wittke A. Chang A. Froicu M. Harandi OF. Weaver V. August A. Paulson RF. Cantorna MT. Vitamin D receptor expression by the lung micro-environment is required for maximal induction of lung inflammation. 2007 Apr 15. Arch Biochem Biophys. 460(2):306-13. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Froicu M. Cantorna MT. Vitamin D and the vitamin D receptor are critical for control of the innate immune response to colonic injury. 2007. BMC Immunol. 8:5. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Cantorna MT. Vitamin D and its role in immunology: multiple sclerosis, and inflammatory bowel disease. 2006 Sep. Prog Biophys Mol Biol. 92(1):60-4. August A. Mueller C. Weaver V. Polanco TA. Walsh ER. Cantorna MT. Nutrients, nuclear receptors, inflammation, immunity lipids, PPAR, and allergic asthma. 2006 Mar. J Nutr. 136(3):695-9. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Froicu M. Zhu Y. Cantorna MT. Vitamin D receptor is required to control gastrointestinal immunity in IL-10 knockout mice. 2006 Mar. Immunology. 117(3):310-8. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Cantorna MT. Mahon BD. D-hormone and the immune system. 2005 Sep. J Rheumatol Suppl. 76:11-20. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Zhu Y. Mahon BD. Froicu M. Cantorna MT. Calcium and 1 alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 target the TNF-alpha pathway to suppress experimental inflammatory bowel disease. 2005 Jan. Eur J Immunol. 35(1):217-24. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Wittke A. Weaver V. Mahon BD. August A. Cantorna MT. Vitamin D receptor-deficient mice fail to develop experimental allergic asthma. 2004 Sep 1. J Immunol. 173(5):3432-6. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Cantorna MT. Zhu Y. Froicu M. Wittke A. Vitamin D status, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3, and the immune system. 2004 Dec. Am J Clin Nutr. 80(6 Suppl):1717S-20S. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Cantorna MT. Mahon BD. Mounting evidence for vitamin D as an environmental factor affecting autoimmune disease prevalence. 2004 Dec. Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 229(11):1136-42. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Mueller C. Weaver V. Vanden Heuvel JP. August A. Cantorna MT. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma ligands attenuate immunological symptoms of experimental allergic asthma. 2003 Oct 15. Arch Biochem Biophys. 418(2):186-96. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Mahon BD. Gordon SA. Cruz J. Cosman F. Cantorna MT. Cytokine profile in patients with multiple sclerosis following vitamin D supplementation. 2003 Jan. J Neuroimmunol. 134(1-2):128-32. Mahon BD. Wittke A. Weaver V. Cantorna MT. The targets of vitamin D depend on the differentiation and activation status of CD4 positive T cells. 2003 Aug 1. J Cell Biochem. 89(5):922-32. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Grant SM. Wiesinger JA. Beard JL. Cantorna MT. Iron-deficient mice fail to develop autoimmune encephalomyelitis. 2003 Aug. J Nutr. 133(8):2635-8. Bemiss CJ. Mahon BD. Henry A. Weaver V. Cantorna MT. Interleukin-2 is one of the targets of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 in the immune system. 2002 Jun 15. Arch Biochem Biophys. 402(2):249-54. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Cantorna MT. Munsick C. Bemiss C. Mahon BD. 1,25-Dihydroxycholecalciferol prevents and ameliorates symptoms of experimental murine inflammatory bowel disease. 2000 Nov. J Nutr. 130(11):2648-52. Cantorna MT. Vitamin D and autoimmunity: is vitamin D status an environmental factor affecting autoimmune disease prevalence? 2000 Mar. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med. 223(3):230-3.