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CYP24A1 and CYP27B1 polymorphisms modulate vitamin D metabolism in colon cancer cells.
Cancer research - 15 Apr 2013
Jacobs Elizabeth T, Van Pelt Chad, Forster Ryan E, Zaidi Wasiq, Hibler Elizabeth A, Galligan Michael A, Haussler Mark R, Jurutka Peter W
Abstract excerpt
Vitamin D is a well-studied agent for cancer chemoprevention and treatment. Its chief circulating metabolite, 25-hydroxyvitamin D, is converted into the active hormone 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25D) by the cytochrome P450 enzyme CYP27B1 in kidney and other tissues. 1,25D is then deactivated by C...
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