... dif-ferentiation and activity [11,12,13]. The inflammatory cytokines, TNF-alpha and cer-tain interleukins play a key-role in initiating systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) and it is known that ... USA), prothrombin, ALT, bilirubin, creatinine and urea were measured on an ACL 9000 (Instrumentation Laboratory, Lexington, MA, USA) kindly provided by ILS Scandinavia, and ionized calcium was ... using a controlled and clinically relevant administration of vitamin D. 2. Material and methods Animals Male Wistar rats weighing 300 g were obtained from Charles River, Sulzfeld, Germany and...