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A non-functioning vitamin D receptor predisposes to leukaemoid reactions in mice.
Hematological oncology - 1 Dec 2010
Erben Reinhold G, Zeitz Ute, Weber Karin, Stierstorfer Birgit, Wolf Georg, Schmahl Wolfgang, Balling Rudi, Quintanilla-Martinez Leticia
Abstract excerpt
The vitamin D hormone 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3) [1,25(OH)(2) D(3) ], the biologically active form of vitamin D, is not only essential for mineral metabolism but may have important functions beyond calcium homoeostasis. By gene targeting, we have recently generated mice expressing a functionally inactive mutant vitamin D receptor (VDR). After a change in environmental conditions from specific pathogen free (SPF)...
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