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Project Number: | I01BX003224-01A2 |
| Title: | Role of Vitamin D in cutaneous DNA repair |
| Principal Investigator: | Dennis Oh |
| Location: | San Francisco, CA |
| Congressional District Code: | 12 |
| Research Service: | Biomedical Laboratory R&D |
| Project Period: | October 2016 - March 2022 |
| FY 2021 Funding Amount: | $43,400 |
| Total Award Amount (all years): |
$702,012 |
| Abstract: |
View full abstract and other project information on NIH RePORTER Go To NIH RePORTER Excerpt: Both vitamin D deficiency and skin cancers arising from epidermal keratinocytes are highly prevalent in Veterans. Although exposure to the ultraviolet (UV) wavelengths normally found in sunlight initiates vitamin D biosynthesis, the practice is not currently recommended since UV is also the principal cause of skin cancers. However, there remains uncertainty as to whether the relatively low doses sufficient for vitamin D production in the skin are associated with a meaningful risk of skin cancer... |