Publications

Seaverson EL, Buell JS, Fleming DJ, Bermudez OI, Potischman N, Wood RJ. Chasan-Taber L, Tucker KL. Poor iron status is more prevalent in Hispanic than in non-Hispanic white older adults in Massachusetts. J Nutr. 2007. 137:414-420.

Mernitz, H., Smith, D., Wood, R., Russell, R., Wang, X. 2007. Inhibition of Lung Carcinogenesis by 1alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 and 9-cis Retinoic Acid in the A/J Mouse Model: Evidence of Retinoid Mitigation of Vitamin D Toxicity. International Journal of Cancer. 120: 1402-1407.

Taparia S, Fleet JC, Peng J-B, Wang XD, Wood RJ. 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D and 25-hydroxyvitamin D - mediated regulation of TRPV6 (a putative epithelial calcium channel) mRNA expression in Caco-2 cells. Eur J Nutr. 2006 45(4):196-204.

Cross, A.J., Gunter, M.J., Wood, R.J., Pientinen, P., Taylor, P.R., Virtamo, J., Albanes, D., Sinha, R. 2006. Iron and colorectal cancer risk in the alpha-tocopherol, beta-carotene cancer prevention study. International Journal of Cancer. 118(12):3147-52.

Martini, L., Wood, R.J. 2006. Vitamin D and the metabolic syndrome. Nutrition Reviews. 64(11): 479-86.

Martini, L.A., Booth, S.L., Saltzman, E., Latorre, M., Wood, R.J. 2006. Dietary phylloquinone depletion and repletion in postmenopausal women: effects on bone and mineral metabolism. Osteoporosis International. 17(6):929-35.

Gunter, M.J., Stolzenberg-Solomon, R., Cross, A.J., Leitzmann, M.F., Weinstein, S., Wood, R.J., Virtamo, J., Taylor, P.R., Albanes, D., Sinha, R. 2006. A prospective study of serum C-reactive protein and colorectal cancer risk in men. Cancer Research. 66(4):2483-7.

Wood, R.J. 2006. Calcium and phosphorus. In: Stipanuk, M.H. Biochemical, Physiological, and Molecular Aspects of Human Nutrition, 2nd Edition. Elsevier: Missouri. p. 887-920.

Wood RJ, Ronnenberg A. 2005. Iron. In: Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease, 10th edition. Shike M, Ross AC, Caballero B, Cousins RJ, eds. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Baltimore MD. p. 248-270.

Wood, R.J. 2005. Bioavailability: definition, general aspects and fortificants. In: Caballero, B., Prentice, A., Allen, L editors. Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition, 2nd edition.

Wood, R.J., Tchack, L., Angelo, G., Pratt, R.E., Sonna, L.A. 2004. DNA microarray analysis of vitamin D-induced gene expression in a human colon carcinoma cell line. Physiological Genomics. 17(2):122-129.

Wood, R.J. 2004. The iron-heart disease connection: is it dead or just hiding? Ageing Research Reviews. 3(3):355-367.

Wood, R.J. 2003. Osteoporosis. In: Mattila-Sandholm T., Saarela M., editors. Functional Diary Products. Cambridge, England: Woodhead Publishing Ltd. p. 94-107.

Martini L, Wood RJ. Relative bioavailability of calcium-rich dietary sources in the elderly: Am J Clin Nutr 2002; 76:1345-50.

Shao A, Wood RJ, Fleet JC. Increased vitamin D receptor level enhances 1,25(OH)2vitamin D induced gene expression and calcium transport in Caco-2 cells. J Bone Mineral Research 2001; 16:615-624.

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