The vitamin D receptor (VDR also known as the calcitriol receptor) is a member of the nuclear receptor family of transcription factors. Calcitriol (the...

the vitamin D pro-hormone produces calcitriol, the active form. Calcitriol then exerts its effects via the vitamin D receptor, a nuclear receptor found...

form of vitamin D, normally made in the kidney. It is also known as 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol. It binds to and activates the vitamin D receptor in the...

active form of vitamin D is calcitriol (1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol). This molecule and other naturally occurring forms of vitamin D, including its...

Vitamin D5 (sitocalciferol) is a form of vitamin D. Analogs of calcitriol, a form of vitamin D3, have been proposed for use as antitumor agents. Studies...

hypovitaminosis D, a condition with deficiency of vitamin D Vitamin D-binding protein, encoded by the GC gene, binds vitamin D in blood Vitamin D receptor (VDR)...

Vitamin D deficiency or hypovitaminosis D is a vitamin D level that is below normal. It most commonly occurs in people when they have inadequate exposure...

Vitamin D toxicity, or hypervitaminosis D, is the toxic state of an excess of vitamin D. The normal range for blood concentration in adults is 20 to 50...

Cholecalciferol, also known as vitamin D3 or colecalciferol, is a type of vitamin D that is produced by the skin when exposed to UVB light; it is found...

Ergocalciferol, also known as vitamin D2 and nonspecifically calciferol, is a type of vitamin D found in food and used as a dietary supplement. As a supplement...

ability to synthesize these products from vitamin D. Receptors: In addition to vitamin D metabolites, vitamin D receptor (VDR) proteins are also found in the...

scientific literature as the vitamin D receptor interacting protein (DRIP) coactivator complex and the thyroid hormone receptor-associated proteins (TRAP)...

for the vitamin D receptor (VDR), while being less than 1% as active as the calcitriol in regulating calcium metabolism. The vitamin D receptor belongs...

25(OH)D3), is a form of vitamin D produced in the liver by hydroxylation of vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) by the enzyme vitamin D 25-hydroxylase. Calcifediol...

Vitamin B12, also known as cobalamin, is a water-soluble vitamin involved in metabolism. It is one of eight B vitamins. It is required by animals, which...

acetate and LCA propionate) can activate the vitamin D receptor without raising calcium levels as much as vitamin D itself. LCA binds with high affinity (20...

dimension of occlusion Virginia Declaration of Rights Virtual data room Vitamin D receptor Video Disk Recorder, also known as Linux VDR, a software to record...

inducible by 1,25-(OH)2D3 binding to the vitamin D receptor. The gene has a strong, positive vitamin D response element in the promoter. Through regulation...

parathyroid hormone. Vitamin D is also partly responsible for the inhibition of parathyroid hormone release by binding Vitamin D receptors at the parathyroid...

Alfacalcidol (or 1-hydroxycholecalciferol) is an analogue of vitamin D used for supplementation in humans and as a poultry feed additive. Alfacalcidol...

This sequence binds the vitamin D receptor (VDR), when complexed with calcitriol (1,25(OH)2D), the active form of vitamin D, and so regulates the expression...

secreted by wool-bearing mammals, contains 7-DHC which is converted into vitamin D by sunlight and then ingested during grooming as a nutrient. In insects...

digoxin, and warfarin, the lipid-lowering effects of statins, and oral vitamin D receptor agonists. According to the European label (Summary of Product Characteristics)...

The Drip, or DRIP may refer to: Drop (liquid) Intravenous therapy Vitamin D receptor interacting protein (DRIP) Mesomycetozoea, a class of eukaryotes (also...

of PCOS. One systemic review suggested that polymorphisms in the vitamin D receptor gene are associated with the prognosis of polycystic ovary syndrome...

Maxacalcitol (trade name Oxarol) is a vitamin D3 analog and vitamin D receptor activator (VDRA). As a pharmaceutical drug, it is used as an injection to...

Ectodysplasin A receptor (EDAR) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the EDAR gene. EDAR is a cell surface receptor for ectodysplasin A which plays...

bind to the ligand-binding domain of the vitamin D receptor and to retinoid receptors to enhance vitamin D-, retinoic acid-, estrogen-, and glucocorticoid-mediated...

molecular biology, nuclear receptors are a class of proteins responsible for sensing steroids, thyroid hormones, vitamins, and certain other molecules...

(see zinc finger nuclease), or inactive Cas9 One of several human vitamin D receptor gene variants is caused by a single nucleotide polymorphism in the...