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- Title
Vitamin D's role in cell proliferation and differentiation.
- Authors
Samuel, Sam; Sitrin, Michael D
- Abstract
Vitamin D has pleiotropic effects that go beyond its traditional role in calcium homeostasis. Hundreds of genes with vitamin D receptor response elements directly or indirectly influence cell cycling and proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis. Vitamin D compounds also have effects on cell function that are nongenomic. The noncalcemic actions of vitamin D influence normal and pathological cell growth, carcinogenesis, immune function, and cardiovascular physiology. This review examines many of the various mechanisms by which vitamin D alters cellular growth and differentiation and explores cell-specific factors that influence responsiveness to vitamin D.
- Publication
Nutrition reviews, 2008, Vol 66, Issue 10 Suppl 2, pS116
- ISSN
1753-4887
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1753-4887.2008.00094.x