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Reversing bacteria-induced vitamin D receptor dysfunction

Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:05 am
by notasperfectasyou
Waterhouse, Joyce et al. 2009 Reversing bacteria-induced vitamin D receptor dysfunction is key to autoimmune disease.
"Vitamin D research is discussed in light of the hypothesis that the lower average levels of vitamin D frequently observed in autoimmune disease are not a sign of deficiency. Instead, it is proposed that the lower levels result from chronic infection with intracellular bacteria that dysregulate vitamin D metabolism by causing vitamin D receptor (VDR) dysfunction within phagocytes. The VDR dysfunction causes a decline in innate immune function that causes susceptibility to additional infections that contribute to disease progression. Evidence has been accumulating that indicates that a number of autoimmune diseases can be reversed by gradually restoring VDR function with the VDR agonist olmesartan and subinhibitory dosages of certain bacteriostatic antibiotics. Diseases showing favorable responses to treatment so far include systemic lupus erythematosis, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, sarcoidosis, Sjogren's syndrome, autoimmune thyroid disease, psoriasis, ankylosing spondylitis, Reiter's syndrome, type I and II diabetes mellitus, and uveitis. Disease reversal using this approach requires limitation of vitamin D in order to avoid contributing to dysfunction of nuclear receptors and subsequent negative consequences for immune and endocrine function. Immunopathological reactions accompanying bacterial cell death require a gradual elimination of pathogens over several years. Practical and theoretical implications are discussed, along with the compatibility of this model with current research."

Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 6:31 am
by jimmylegs
for years i did not even know there was anything wrong with my d3 receptors. then i found and corrected a quite serious zinc deficiency. after that, my d3 receptors function, quite literally and measured in the lab, twice as effectively as before. it may have to do with the "zinc finger" part of the d3 receptors. maybe when zinc deficient, you are also automatically d3 receptor deficient...