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August 1995 in “Bone” This article reviews the essential role of vitamin D in bone health and its various clinical applications but reports no new clinical findings.
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July 2006 in “British Journal of Dermatology” This study observed that vitamin D receptor expression in certain hair follicle cells varies throughout the murine hair cycle, suggesting a potential role for 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 in hair follicle biology.
81 citations
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March 1985 in “Journal of Clinical Investigation” This study found that measuring 24-OHase induction by 1,25(OH)2D3 in cultured skin fibroblasts is a sensitive test for detecting genetic defects in the 1,25(OH)2D effector pathway.
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August 1999 in “The American journal of pathology” This study found that basal cell carcinomas show strong expression of vitamin D receptors at both mRNA and protein levels, suggesting a potential role in tumor growth regulation.
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August 2015 in “The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology” This study found that in a mouse model with hereditary 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D resistant rickets, a mutant vitamin D receptor lacking hormone-binding ability could restore normal hair cycling and affect parathyroid hormone regulation.