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Vitamin D receptor alleles and bone physiology.
Journal of cellular biochemistry - 1 Nov 1994
White C P, Morrison N A, Gardiner E M, Eisman J A
Abstract excerpt
The vitamin D endocrine system is central to the control of bone and calcium homeostasis. The active hormonal form of vitamin D, 1,25 dihydroxyvitamin D (calcitriol), the circulating level of which is tightly regulated, acts through a specific receptor to mediate its genomic actions on almost every aspect of calcium homeostasis. Because of its transactivation function, it is possible that a small difference in...
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