The vitamin D receptor (VDR also known as the calcitriol receptor) is a member of the nuclear receptor family of transcription factors. Calcitriol (the...
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the vitamin D pro-hormone produces calcitriol, the active form. Calcitriol then exerts its effects via the vitamin D receptor, a nuclear receptor found...
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active form of vitamin D is calcitriol (1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol). This molecule and other naturally occurring forms of vitamin D, including its...
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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...
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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...
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Calcitriol (redirect from 1,25-dihydroxy vitamin D)
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...
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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)...
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Ergocalciferol (redirect from Vitamin D-2)
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...
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Cholecalciferol (redirect from Vitamin D-3)
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...
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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...
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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...
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Calcipotriol (category Vitamin D)
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...
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Calcifediol (redirect from 25-hydroxy-vitamin D)
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...
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Mediator (coactivator) (redirect from Vitamin D Receptor Interacting Protein (DRIP) coactivator complex)
scientific literature as the vitamin D receptor interacting protein (DRIP) coactivator complex and the thyroid hormone receptor-associated proteins (TRAP)...
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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...
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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...
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parathyroid hormone. Vitamin D is also partly responsible for the inhibition of parathyroid hormone release by binding Vitamin D receptors at the parathyroid...
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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...
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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...
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VDRE (redirect from Vitamin d response element)
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...
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Alfacalcidol (category Vitamin D)
Alfacalcidol (or 1-hydroxycholecalciferol) is an analogue of vitamin D used for supplementation in humans and as a poultry feed additive. Alfacalcidol...
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digoxin, and warfarin, the lipid-lowering effects of statins, and oral vitamin D receptor agonists. According to the European label (Summary of Product Characteristics)...
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The Drip, or DRIP may refer to: Drop (liquid) Intravenous therapy Vitamin D receptor interacting protein (DRIP) Mesomycetozoea, a class of eukaryotes (also...
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of PCOS. One systemic review suggested that polymorphisms in the vitamin D receptor gene are associated with the prognosis of polycystic ovary syndrome...
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7-Dehydrocholesterol (category Vitamin D)
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...
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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...
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Maxacalcitol (category Vitamin D)
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...
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molecular biology, nuclear receptors are a class of proteins responsible for sensing steroids, thyroid hormones, vitamins, and certain other molecules...
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(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...
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Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin that is an essential nutrient. The term "vitamin A" encompasses a group of chemically related organic compounds that...
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