Publications

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Publications

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Manuscripts (excl. Systematic Reviews)

  • Nitsch RM, Pittas A, Blusztajn JK, Slack BE, Growdon JH and Wurtman RJ. Alterations of phospholipid metabolites in postmortem brain from patients with Alzheimer’s disease.  Ann NY Acad Sci 1991; 640:110-3
  • Nitsch RM, Blusztajn JK, Pittas AG, Slack BE, Growdon JH, and Wurtman RJ. Evidence for a membrane defect in Alzheimer’s disease brain.  Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1992: 89 (5): 1671-5 [PMC48514]
  • Hanif R. Pittas A, Feng Y, Koutsos MI, Qiao L, Staino-Coico L, Shiff SI and Rigas B. Effects of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on proliferation and on induction of apoptosis in colon cancer cells by a prostaglandin-independent pathway.  Biochem Pharmacol 1996; 52 (2): 237-45
  • Goldberg Y, Hanif R, Pittas A, Tsai L, Dynlacht BD, Rigas B and Shiff SI. The anti-proliferative effect of sulindac and sulindac sulfide on HT-29 colon cancer cells: alterations in tumor suppressor and cell cycle-regulatory proteins.  Oncogene 1996; 12 (4): 893-901
  • Pittas AG, Adler M, Fazzari M, Tickoo S, Rosai SM, Larson SM and Robbins RJ. Bone Metastases from thyroid carcinoma: clinical characteristics and prognostic variables in one hundred forty-six patients.  Thyroid 2000:10 (3): 261-268
  • Tickoo SK, Pittas AG Adler M, Fazzari M, Larson SM and Robbins RJ Bone metastases from thyroid carcinoma: a histopathologic study with clinical correlates. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2000: 124 (10): 1440-7
  • Pittas AG and Greenberg AS. Thiazolidinediones in the treatment of type 2 diabetes.  Expert Opin Pharmacother 2002:3(5): 529-40 [PMID11035572]
  • Schurgin S, Weinstein B and Pittas AG. Tuberculous Abscess of the Thyroid Gland. Endocr Pract July/August 2003: 9 (4): 330
  • Pittas AG. Prevention of type 2 diabetes. Laboratory Medicine 2003:34(11):790-5
  • Roberts SB and Pittas AG. The role of glycemic index in type 2 diabetes. Nutr Clin Care 2003:6(2): 73-78. [PMID1469229]
  • Pittas AG. Nutritional interventions for prevention of type 2 diabetes and the metabolic syndrome. Nutr Clin Care 2003:6(2): 79-88 [PMID14692296]
  • Pittas AG, Joseph N and Greenberg AS. HOT TOPIC: Adipocytokines and insulin resistance.  J Clin Endocrinol Metab  2004:89(2): 447-45
  • Pittas AG, Hariharan R, Stark PC, Hajduk CL, Greenberg AS, Roberts SB. Interstitial Glucose Level is a Significant Predictor of Energy Intake in Free-Living Women with Healthy Body Weight. J Nutr 2005 May; 135(5):1070-4 [PMID15867283]
  • Digman C, Klein A and Pittas AG. Leukopenia and thrombocytopenia caused by thiazolidinediones. Ann Intern Med 2005:143(6): 465 [PMID16172449]
  • Whitcomb, BW, Pradhan EK, Pittas AG, Roghmann MC and Perencevich EN. The impact of admission hyperglycemia on hospital mortality in various intensive care unit populations Crit Care Med 2005:33: 2772-2777 [PMID16352959]
  • Pittas AG, Das SK, Hajduk CL, Golden J, Saltzman E, Stark PC, Greenberg AS and Roberts SB. A low glycemic load diet facilitates greater weight loss in overweight adults with high insulin secretion but not in overweight adults with low insulin secretion in the CALERIE trial. Diabetes Care 2005:28(12): 2939-41 [PMID16306558; Free Article
  • Pittas AG, Dawson-Hughes B, Li T, Willett WC, Van Dam RV, Manson JE and Hu FB. Vitamin D and Calcium Intake in Relation to type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes Care 2006:29(3):650-6 [PMID16505521; Free Article]
  • Patel A and Pittas AG. Hyperglycemia and Insulin Therapy in Critical Illness. CAMJ 2006:174(7): 917-8 [PMC1405884]
  • Pittas AG and Roberts SB. Dietary composition and weight loss: can we individualize dietary prescriptions according to insulin sensitivity or secretion status? Nutr Rev October 2006:64(10): 435-448 [PMID 17063925]
  • Pittas AG, Roberts SB, Das SK, Gilhooly CH, Golden J, Saltzman E, Stark PC and Greenberg AS. The effects of the dietary glycemic load on type 2 diabetes risk factors during weight loss. Obesity 2006: 14(12): 2200-2209 [PMID17189547; Free Article]
  • Pittas AG, Harris S, Stark P and Dawson-Hughes B. The Effects of Calcium and Vitamin D Supplementation on Blood Glucose and Markers of Inflammation in Non-diabetic Adults. Diabetes Care 2007:30(4):980-986 [PMID17277040; Free Article]
  • Das SK, Gilhooly CH, Golden JK, Pittas AG, Fuss JP, Cheatham RA, Tyler S, Tsay M, McCroy MA, Lichtenstein AH, Dallal GE, Dutta C, Bhapkar MV, DeLany JP, Saltzman E and Roberts SB. Long-term effects of 2 energy-restricted diets differing in glycemic load on dietary adherences, body composition, and metabolism in CALERIE, a 1-year randomized controlled trial. Am J Clin Nutr 2007:85:1023 [PMC2920502]
  • Pittas AG and Dawson-Hughes B. The Effects of Calcium and Vitamin D Supplementation on Blood Glucose and Markers of Inflammation in Non-diabetic Adults. Diabetes Care 2007:30(7):e81; Author reply e82 [PMID17277040; Free Article]
  • Ceglia L, Lau J and Pittas AG. Effect of inhaled insulin on fasting and postprandial plasma glucose. Ann Intern Med 2007:146(11):821-822 [PMID17088580][PMC not applicable]
  • Balk EM, Lichtenstein AH, Anastassios G. Pittas AG. Effect of Chromium Supplementation on Glucose Metabolism and Lipids: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials. Response to Kleefstra, Houweling, and Bilo. Diabetes Care 2007:30:e103 DOI: 10.2337/dc07-1121 [PMID17519436; Free Article]
  • Pittas AG, Amori R and Lau J. Adverse Effects of Incretin Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes. Author Reply JAMA 2007:298(15):1760 [PMID17940229; Free Article]
  • Lubowsky ND, Siegel R and Pittas AG. Management of Glycemia in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus and CKD Am J Kidney Dis 2007: 50 (5):865-879 [PMID17954300][PMC not applicable]
  • Balk E, Teplinsky E, Trikalinos T, Chew P, Chung M, Lau J, Pittas Applicability of the evidence regarding intensive glycemic control and self-monitored blood glucose to Medicare patients with type 2 diabetes. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2007 Sep 10. [PMID: 25506955]
  • Alexandraki KI, Makras P, Protogerou AD, Dimitriou K, Stathopoulou A, Papadogias DS, Voidonikol P, Piaditis G, Pittas A, Papamichael CM, Grossman AB and Kaltsas G. Cardiovascular risk factors in adult patients with multisystem Langerhans-cell histiocytosis: evidence of glucose metabolism abnormalities. Q J Med 2008 Jan 101(1):31-40 [PMID18160417; Free Article]
  • Peechakara SV and Pittas AG. Vitamin D as a potential modifier of diabetes risk. Nature Reviews Endocrinology 2008:4(4):182-183 [PMID18283325; Free Article]
  • Das SK, Gilhooly CH, Golden JK, Pittas AG, Fuss PJ, Dallal GE, McCrory MA, Saltzman E and Roberts SB. Long-term effects of energy-restricted diets differing in glycemic load on metabolic adaptation and body composition. The Open Nutr J 2007:85(5):1023-1030 [PMC2920502]
  • Voidonikola PT, Stamatelopoulos KS, Alevizaki M, Kollias G, Zakopoulos N, Lekakis J, Anastasiou E, MDa, Theodorakis M, Pittas AG and Papamichael CM. The association between glycemia and endothelial function in non-diabetic individuals: the importance of body weight. Obesity 2008: Dec 16(12):2658-62 [PMID18846051; Free Article]
  • Liu E, Meigs JB, Pittas AG, McKeown NM, Economos CD, Booth SL, Jacques PF. Plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D is associated with markers of the insulin resistance phenotype in non-diabetic adults. Nutr 2009:139(2):329-34. Epub 2008 Dec 23 [PMC2646208]
  • Pittas AG, Harris SS, Eliades M, Stark P and Dawson-Hughes B. Association between serum osteocalcin and markers of metabolic phenotype. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2009:94(3):827-832. Epub 2008 Dec 16. [PMC2681283]
  • Das SK, Saltzman E, Gilhooly CH, Delany JP, Golden JK, Pittas AG, Dallal GE, Bhapkar MV, Fuss PJ, Dutta C, McCrory MA, Roberts SB. Low or Moderate Dietary Energy Restriction for Long-term Weight Loss: What Works Best? Obesity 2009:17 (11): 2019-24 [PMC2869203]
  • Elder SJ, Lichtenstein AH, Pittas AG, Roberts SB, Fuss PJ, Greenberg AS, McCrory MA, Bouchard TJ, Saltzman E, and Neale MC. Genetic and environmental influences on factors associated with cardiovascular disease and the metabolic syndrome J Lipid Res 2009 Sep;50(9):1917-26. Epub 2009 Apr 16. [PMC2724778]
  • Eliades M and Pittas AG. Vitamin D and type 2 diabetes. Clinic Rev Bone Miner Metab 2009:7(2):185-198 [PMC in Process]
  • Pittas AG, Laskowski U, Kos L and Saltzman E. The role of vitamin D in adults requiring nutrition therapy J Parenter Enteral Nutr 2010 Jan-Feb;34(1)70-80 [PMC2857395
  • Pittas AG and Dawson-Hughes B. Vitamin D and Diabetes. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2010, Jul:121(1-2)425-9 [PMC2900448]
  • Liu E, Meigs JB, Pittas AG, Economos CD, McKeown NM, Booth SL and Jacques PF. Predicted 25-hydroxyvitamin D score and incident type 2 diabetes in the Framingham Offspring Study. AJCN 2010;91(6):1627-33 [PMC2869511]
  • Pittas AG. Vitamin D and Cardiometabolic Disease. Functional Food Reviews 2010:2:2 (Summer 2010).
  • Pittas AG, Qi S, Manson JE, Dawson-Hughes B and Hu FB. Plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration and risk of incident type 2 diabetes in women. Diabetes Care 2010:33(9):2021-3 [PMC2928356]
  • Mitri J, Dawson-Hughes B, Hu F and Pittas AG. Effects of vitamin D and calcium supplementation on pancreatic beta cell function, insulin sensitivity and glycemia in adults at high risk for diabetes. The Calcium and Vitamin D for Diabetes Mellitus (CaDDM) randomized controlled trial Am J Clin Nutr 94(2): 486-494. 2011 [PMC3142723]
  • CALERIE Study Group. Design and Conduct of the CALERIE Study: Comprehensive Assessment of the Long-term Effects of Reducing Intake of Energy J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2011:66(1):97-108 [PMC Pending][PMID: PENDING]
  • Liu, E., N. M. McKeown, Pittas AG, Meigs JB, Economos CD, Booth and Jacques PF. Predicted 25-hydroxyvitamin D score and change in fasting plasma glucose in the Framingham offspring study. EJCN 2012:66(1):139-41 [PMC Pending][PMID: 22009071]
  • Harris SS, Pittas AG and Palermo NJ.A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of vitamin D supplementation to improve glycaemia in overweight and obese African Americans. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism 2012 Sept:14(9):789-94 [PMC Pending][PMID: 22486948]
  • Pittas AG, Nelson J, Mitri J, Hillmann W, Garganta C, Nathan DM, Hu FB and Dawson-Hughes B. Plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D and progression to diabetes in patients at risk for diabetes: an ancillary analysis in the Diabetes Prevention Program. Diabetes Care 2012:35(3):565-573 [PMC3322702][PMID: 22323410]
  • Salinardi TC, Batra P, Roberts SB, Urban LE, Robinson LM, Pittas AG, Lichtenstein AH, Deckersbach T, Saltzman E, Das SK. Lifestyle intervention reduces body weight and improves cardiometabolic risk factors in worksites. Am J Clin Nutr 2013 Apr:97 (4): 667-76 [PMC Pending][PMID: 23426035]
  • Batra, P. Das, SK, Salinardi, T, Robinson, L, Saltzman, E, Scott, T, Pittas, AG, Roberts, Eating behaviors as predictors of weight loss in a 6 month weight loss intervention. Obesity 2013 Mar:20 [ PMC Pending][PMID: 23512619]
  • Christakos S, Hewison M, Gardner DG, Wagner CL, Sergeev IN, Rutten E, Pittas AG, Boland R, Ferrucci L, Bikle DD. Vitamin D: beyond bone. Ann NY Acad Sci 2013 May:1387:45-58 [PMID: 23682710][PMC3717170].
  • Batra PJ, Das SK, Salinardi T, Robinson L, Saltzman E, Scott T, Pittas A and Roberts S. Relationship of cravings with weight loss and hunger: results from a 6 month worksite weight loss intervention. Appetite 2013 Oct:69:1-7 [PMID 23684901]
  • Mitri J, Nelson J, Ruthazer R, Garganta C, Nathan DM, Hu FB, Dawson-Hughes B and Pittas AG. Plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D and risk of metabolic syndrome: an ancillary analysis in the Diabetes Prevention Program. EJCN 2014 Mar;68(3):376-83 [PMID 24448494] [PMC Pending]
  • Mitri J and Pittas AG. Vitamin D and diabetes. Endocrinol Metab Clin N Am 2014: Mar;43(1):205-32. [PMC Pending][PMID: PENDING]
  • Karl JP, Cheatham RA, Das SK, Hyatt RR, Gilhooly CH, Pittas AG, Lieberman HR, Lerner D, Roberts SB and Saltzman E. Effect of glycemic load on eating behavior self-efficacy during weight loss. Appetite 2104 Sep;80:204-11. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2014.05.017. Epub 2014 May 21.
  • Muscogiuri G, Mitri J, Mathieu C, Badenhoop K, Tamer G, Orio F, Mezza T, Vieth R, Colao AA, Pittas A Mechanisms in endocrinology: vitamin D as a potential contributor in endocrine health and disease.. Eur J Endocrinol. 2014 Sep;171(3):R101-10. [PMID 24872497]
  • Pittas AG, Dawson-Hughes B, Sheehan PR, Rosen CJ, Ware JH, Knowler WC, Staten MA and the D2d Research Group. Rationale and Design of the Vitamin D and Type 2 Diabetes Study: A Diabetes Prevention Trial. Diabetes Care 2014 Dec;37(12):3227-34. [PMID 25205139]
  • Alzaman A, Pittas AG, O’Leary MO and Ceglia L. Post-thyroidectomy hypocalcemia exacerbated by chyle leak. Endocrinol Diabetes Metab Case Rep. 2015;2015:140110. doi: 10.1530/EDM-14-0110. [PMID 25861451]
  • Fontana L, Villareal DT, Das SK, Smith SR, Meydani SN, Pittas AG, Klein S, Bhapkar M, Rochon J, Ravussin E, Holloszy JO and the CALERIE Study Group. Effects of 2-year calorie restriction on circulating levels of IGF-1, IGF-binding proteins and cortisol in non-obese men and women: a randomized clinical trial. Aging Cell 2016:15(1):22-7.
  • Ceglia L, Nelson J, Ware J, Alysandratos KD, Bray GA, Garganta C, Nathan DM, Hu FB, Dawson-Hughes B and Pittas AG. Association between body weight and composition and plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D level in the Diabetes Prevention Program. Eur J Nutr. 2015 Nov 2
  • Martin CK, Bhapkar M, Pittas AG, Pieper CF, Das SK, Williamson DA, Scott T, Redman LM, Stein R, Gilhooly CH, Steward T, Robinson L and Roberts SB for the Comprehensive Assessment of Long-term Effects of Reducing Intake of Energy (CALERIE) Phase 2 Study Group. Association of calorie restriction with mood, quality of life, sleep and sexual function in healthy non-obese adults. JAMA Internal Medicine 2016:176(6):743-752 PMCID: PMC4717266
  • Alzaman NS, Dawson-Hughes B, Nelson J, D’Alessio D and Pittas AG. Vitamin D status of black and white Americans and changes in vitamin D metabolites after varied doses of vitamin D supplementation. AJCN 2016:104(1):205-14
  • Shahraz S, Pittas AG, Lundquist CM, Danaei G and Kent D. Do Patient Characteristics Impact Decisions by Clinicians on Hemoglobin A1c Targets? Diabetes Care 2016:39 (September 2016). PMID27335318
  • Shahraz S, Pittas AG and Kent D. Less is More: Prediabetes risk in adult Americans According to a risk test. JAMA IM
  • Lewis MR, Macauley RC, Sheehan PR, Staten MA, Phillips LS, Rasouli N and Pittas AG, D2d Research Group.  Management of hemoglobin variants detected incidentally in HbA1c testing: a common problem currently lacking a standard approach.  Diabetes Care 2016 (accepted for publication).
  • Alzahrani S, Nelson J, Moss S, Paulus JK, Knowler W and Pittas AG. H. pylori seroprevalence and risk of diabetes: an ancillary case-control study nested in the diabetes prevention program. J Diabetes Complications 2017 Jun 3
  • Angellotti E and Pittas AG. The role of vitamin D in the prevention of type 2 diabetes. To D or not to D? Endocrinology 2017 May 8 PMID 28486616
  • Nunez-Lopez YO, Pittas AG, Pratley R and Seyhan A. Circulating levels of miR-7, miR-152, and miR-192 respond to vitamin D supplementation in adults with prediabetes and correlate with improvements in glycemic control. The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry 2017 (in press).
  • Shahraz S, Pittas AG, Thomas C, Saadati M and Kent D. Change in testing, awareness of HbA1c levels, and glycemic control in US adults, 2007-2014. JAMA 2017 (in press).

Systematic Reviews

  1. Pittas AG, Siegel RD and Lau J. Insulin therapy for critically ill hospitalized patients. A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Arch Intern Med 2004:164: 2005-11 [PMID15177435]
  2. Pittas AG, Siegel RD and Lau J. Insulin therapy and in-hospital mortality in critically ill patients: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. J Parenter Enteral Nutr 2006:30(2): 164-172 [PMID16517961]
  3. Ceglia L, Lau J and Pittas AG. Efficacy and safety of inhaled insulin therapy in adults with diabetes mellitus. A systematic review. Ann Intern Med 2006:145:665-675 [PMID17088580]
  4. Pittas AG, Lau J, Hu F and Dawson-Hughes B. “The Role of Vitamin D and Calcium in type 2 diabetes. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”, J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2007:92:2017-2029. Epub 2007 Mar 27 [PMC2085234]
  5. Ceglia L, Lau J and Pittas AG. Effect of inhaled insulin on fasting and postprandial plasma glucose. Ann Intern Med 2007:146(11):821-822 [PMID17088580][PMC not applicable]
  6. Amori R, Lau J and Pittas AG. Efficacy and Safety of Incretin Therapy in Type 2 Diabetes. Systematic Review and Meta-analysis JAMA 2007:298(2):194-206 [PMID:17622601; Free Article]
  7. Balk ME, Tatsioni A, Lichtenstein AH, Lau J and Pittas AG. Effect of Chromium Supplementation on Glucose Metabolism and Lipids: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials Diabetes Care 2007:30(8):2154-2163 [PMID17519436; Free Article]
  8. Balk EM, Lichtenstein AH, Anastassios G. Pittas AG. Effect of Chromium Supplementation on Glucose Metabolism and Lipids: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials. Response to Kleefstra, Houweling, and Bilo. Diabetes Care 2007:30:e103 DOI: 10.2337/dc07-1121 [PMID17519436; Free Article]
  9. Pittas AG, Amori R and Lau J. Adverse Effects of Incretin Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes. Author Reply JAMA 2007:298(15):1760 [PMID17940229; Free Article]
  10. Balk E, Teplinsky E, Trikalinos T, Chew P, Chung M, Lau J, Pittas Applicability of the evidence regarding intensive glycemic control and self-monitored blood glucose to Medicare patients with type 2 diabetes. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2007 Sep 10. [PMID: 25506955]
  11. Mitri J, Castillo J, and Pittas AG. Diabetes mellitus and risk of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma: A meta-analysis of observational studies. Diabetes Care 2008:31(12) 2391-7 [PMC2584201]
  12. Pittas AG, Chung M, Trikalinos TA, Mitri J, Brendel M, Patel K, Lichtenstein AH, Lau J and Balk E. Vitamin D and Cardiometabolic Outcomes: A Systematic Review. Ann Intern Med 2010:152(5):307-314 [PMC3211092]
  13. Mitri J, Muraru MD and Pittas AG. Vitamin D and type 2 diabetes. A systematic review. EJCN 2011: 65(9): 1005-1015 [PMID21731035] [PMC Pending]
  14. Song Y, Wang L, Pittas AG, Del Gobbo LC, Zhang C, Manson JE, and Hu FB. Blood 25-hydroxy vitamin D levels and incident type 2 diabetes: a meta-analysis of prospective studies. Diabetes Care 2013 May:36(5):1422-8 [PMC3631862][PMID: 23613602]
  15. Seida JC, Mitri J, Colmers I, Majumdar SR, Davidson MB, Edwards AL, Hanley DA, Pittas AG, Tjosvold L, Johnson JA. Clinical review: Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on Improving Glucose Homeostasis and Preventing Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2014 Oct;99(10):3551-60. [PMID 25062463]
  16. Balk EM, Early A, Raman G, Avendano EA, Pittas AG and Remington PL. Combined Diet and Physical Activity Promotion Programs to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes Among Persons at Increased Risk: A Systematic Review for the Community Preventive Services Task Force. Ann Intern Med online 14 July 2015
  17. Pittas AG, Westcott G and Balk EM. Technosphere Inhaled Insulin for Patients with Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol 2015:3(11):886-94.

Book Chapters

  • Pittas AG and Lee S. Evaluation of Thyroid Function in Hall J. and Nieman L, editors Handbook of Diagnostic Endocrinology. Humana Press, 2003.
  • Pittas AG. Inhaled Insulin. In: UpToDate, Rose, BD (Ed), UpToDate, Wellesley, MA 2007-2014
  • Eliades M and Pittas AG. Vitamin D and type 2 diabetes in Holick M (editor) Vitamin D: Physiology, Molecular Biology and Clinical Applications, 2010
  • Pittas AG and Dawson-Hughes B. Vitamin D and type 2 diabetes and hypertension in Feldman D, Pike W and Adams J (editors) Vitamin D (3rd edition), pp 1907 – 1930.
  • Angellotti E and Pittas AG. Vitamin D and type 2 diabetes and hypertension in Feldman D, Pike W and Adams J (editors) Vitamin D (4th edition), in press.

Editorials

  • Ordovas J, Pittas AG and Greenberg AS. Might the diabetic environment in utero lead to type 2 diabetes? Lancet 2003:361(9372): 1839-40 [PMID: 12788565]
  • Mitri J and Pittas AG. Inhaled insulin. What went wrong? Nature Reviews Endocrinology 2009:5(1):24-5 [PMC2584201]
  • Mitri J and Pittas AG. Shining a light: the role of vitamin D in diabetes mellitus. Nature Reviews Endocrinology 2010:6:478-480 [PMC Journal – In Process]
  • Mitri J and Pittas AG. Vitamin D therapy in adults with diabetes mellitus (Author Reply). Nature Reviews Endocrinology 2010 doi:10.1038/nrendo.2010.107-c2 [PMC Journal – In Process]

Book

Other

Conference Proceedings
  • Pittas AG. Meta-analysis of Randomized Trials of Tight Glycemic Control. The 7th Conference of the Cardinal Health Center for Safety and Clinical Excellence on Intensive Insulin Therapy for Tight Glycemic Control. June 7-8, 2007, San Diego, CA.
Thesis
  • Pittas AG. The effects of the dietary glycemic load on risk factors for type 2 diabetes in overweight adults. A randomized controlled feeding trial. Master of Science in Clinical Research, Tufts University Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences
Evidence-Based Reports 
Educational Materials
  • Pittas AG. Endocrine Pathophysiology Syllabus, Tufts U. School of Medicine Updated yearly since 2000. For details, see http://ocw.tufts.edu/Course/14/Coursehome
  • Pittas AG, Siegel RS and Wenners M. Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman Foundation Diabetes Outreach and Education Program at Tufts Medical Center, 2001
  • Siegel RS and Pittas AG. Clinical Practice Guidelines for Inpatient Diabetes Evaluation and Management in Adults at Tufts Medical Center, 2004.
  • Siegel RS and Pittas AG. Protocols on Subcutaneous Insulin Orders for the Surgical and Medical Hospital Wards at Tufts Medical Center, 2006