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Structural refinement of seco-steroidal skeleton and the biological activity through nuclear receptors.
Yakugaku zasshi : Journal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan - 1 Sept 2008
Kittaka Atsushi
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1alpha,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D(3) (1) regulates a variety of biological actions through vitamin D receptor (VDR), including calcium and phosphorus homeostasis, bone remodeling, cellular proliferation and differentiation and many other functions. To enhance its potency and to study the structure/function relationship, we synthesized a series of analogs of 1 with a modification at the C-2alpha position. Introducing...
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