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Evaluation of keratinocyte proliferation and differentiation in vitamin D receptor knockout mice.
Endocrinology - 1 Jun 2000
Sakai Y, Demay M B
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The biological effects of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 are mediated by a nuclear receptor, the vitamin D receptor (VDR). Targeted ablation of the VDR in mice results in hypocalcemia, hypophosphatemia, hyperparathyroidism, rickets, osteomalacia, and alopecia. Normalization of mineral ion homeostasis prevents these abnormalities with the exception of the alopecia. Because 1,25(OH)2D3 has been shown to play a role in...
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