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IJE Advance Access originally published online on November 22, 2005
International Journal of Epidemiology 2006 35(2):225-227; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi233
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Commentary: From epidemiology to molecular biology—vitamin D and colorectal cancer prevention

Heide S Cross

Department of Pathophysiology, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringerguertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.

E-mail: heide.cross@meduniwien.ac.at

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In 1987 I commenced a post-doctoral position at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. My prior ‘exposure’ to vitamin D was connected with studies of intestinal transport systems that were regulated by 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D. This investigation had been initiated by the director of my institute, Prof. Dr Meinrad Peterlik, who himself had been a post doctoral fellow at Cornell University with the well-known investigator of intestinal calcium transport and vitamin D, Prof. Robert H. Wasserman. At Cornell University I first became interested in the magical properties that 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D had on growth, differentiation, and survival of cancer cells. My growing interest . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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