Article
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 eve...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Bone Density
- Bone Remodeling
- Bone and Bones
- Calcitriol
- Calcium
- Homeostasis
- Humans
- Receptors, Calcitriol