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K Overvad

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PubMed1986

Selenium status in Europe--human data. A multicenter study.

In order to examine the levels of serum selenium in Europe, a collaborative study was conducted under the auspices of "The Working Group on Diet and Cancer" under "The European Organisation for Cooperation in Cancer Prevention Studies". A total of 502 serum samples was obtained from healthy, non-institutionized individuals, aged between 20 and 65 years, from 17 locations in 10 different countries in Europe. The selenium content of the samples was determined by a fluorometric method. All analyses were performed in one laboratory. Mean +/- standard deviation of the serum selenium given in microgram/l for the combined male and female data from the individual regions was: Belgium: 100 +/- 9; Denmark: Aarhus 78 +/- 15; France: Grenoble 79 +/- 15; Paris 82 +/- 11; W. Germany: Bavaria 70 +/- 10 Giessen 68 +/- 10, Heidelberg 76 +/- 9; Greece 63 +/- 14; Netherlands: 93 +/- 12; Portugal: Lissabon 102 +/- 10; Spain: Barcelona 87 +/- 14; Sweden: Göteborg 77 +/- 11, Malmö 90 +/- 14, Umeå 82 +/- 8, Uppsala 81 +/- 15; United Kingdom: Ipswich 107 +/- 13, London 109 +/- 14. None of the values represented toxic or overt deficiency levels.

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PubMed1985

Selenium inhibits UV-light-induced skin carcinogenesis in hairless mice.

Female hairless inbred hr/hr mice were exposed to UV-B irradiation from Philips TL 40W/12 fluorescent tubes. Fractionated irradiation, given as single daily doses 5 days a week, was gradually increased from 0.04 to 0.4 J/cm2 over 2 weeks. Irradiation at 0.4 J/cm2 was continued for 20 weeks. Selenium supplementation given as sodium selenite in the drinking water at 2, 4 and 8 mg/l began 3 weeks before UV-irradiation and continued thereafter. Development of skin tumors was followed by weekly examinations. Statistical analyses revealed significant dose-dependent selenium-mediated protection against UV-light-induced skin cancer. Leukemia developed in 5 of 150 UV-irradiated mice as opposed to none in a group of 60 unirradiated mice.

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PubMed1985

Selenium treatment in rheumatoid arthritis.

A low selenium level has been reported in rheumatoid arthritis and juvenile chronic arthritis. Selenium is an essential part of the enzyme glutathione peroxidase, which catabolizes peroxides, compounds which are suggested to be of pathogenetic importance in rheumatic diseases. To assess a possible antirheumatic effect of selenium, 40 patients with active RA were included in a 6-month double-blind clinical study of selenium versus placebo. The patients in the selenium group were given daily supplements of 256 micrograms selenium in selenium-enriched yeast. Although concentrations of selenium in serum and erythrocytes increased considerably, no significant antirheumatic effect of selenium could be demonstrated.

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PubMed1985

Low selenium level in severe rheumatoid arthritis.

Serum selenium concentrations were measured in 87 patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The serum selenium levels of the whole group of patients was significantly reduced (70.2 +/- 13.3 micrograms/l, p less than 0.001) when compared with the reference material (79.8 +/- 10.6 micrograms/l). However, the reduction was not equally pronounced in three groups of patients representing different courses of the disease. One group with an active, disabling disease of long duration had a very reduced serum selenium level (63.7 +/- 14.1 micrograms/l, p less than 0.001). Another group, with a protracted but mild disease had a slightly reduced level (74.1 +/- 10.8 micrograms/l, p less than 0.01), and a group with mild disease of short duration had a slightly but not significantly reduced selenium level (75.9 +/- 10.8 micrograms/l, p less than 0.1). Significant correlation was found between serum selenium and the number of joints with limitation of motion, number of joints with active arthritis, haemoglobin concentration and IgG concentration. No correlation was found between serum selenium and disease duration, morning stiffness, ESR, C-reactive protein, rheumatoid factor titre, serum albumin, IgM and IgA. Selenium is part of the enzyme glutathione peroxidase that catabolizes peroxides which are suggested to be actively involved in inflammation. A low selenium level may thus be a further factor in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis.

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PubMed1983

Oral selenium inhibits skin reactions to UV light in hairless mice.

In different experimental systems oral selenium has a pronounced anti-carcinogenic effect. This includes both spontaneous and chemically-induced cancers (1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8). Our primary objective was to study the effect of selenium on the carcinogenic potential of UV light in hairless mice. Fairly early in these experiments, however, it became obvious that the selenium-supplemented mice were considerably more resistant to the acute and sub-acute effects of UV light than were the unsupplemented animals. This was found for the inflammatory reaction as well as for the development of pigmentation. As far as we know, this effect of selenium has not previously been described.

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