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    Glossary Vitamin D Receptor

    protein that binds vitamin D to regulate gene expression

    The Vitamin D Receptor (VDR) is a protein found in various cells throughout the body that binds to vitamin D, allowing it to regulate the expression of specific genes. This receptor plays a crucial role in maintaining calcium and phosphate balance, which is essential for healthy bone formation, and it also influences immune system function and hair follicle cycling.

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    1. Vitamin D and Human Health: Lessons from Vitamin D Receptor Null Mice Endocrine reviews · 2008 · 1533 citations
    2. The Nuclear Vitamin D Receptor: Biological and Molecular Regulatory Properties Revealed Journal of bone and mineral research · 1998 · 1308 citations
    3. Normalization of Mineral Ion Homeostasis by Dietary Means Prevents Hyperparathyroidism, Rickets, and Osteomalacia, But Not Alopecia in Vitamin D Receptor-Ablated Mice<sup>1</sup> Endocrinology · 1998 · 519 citations
    4. Vitamin D Receptor: New Assignments for an Already Busy Receptor Endocrinology · 2006 · 510 citations
    5. Deletion of Deoxyribonucleic Acid Binding Domain of the Vitamin D Receptor Abrogates Genomic and Nongenomic Functions of Vitamin D Molecular Endocrinology · 2002 · 277 citations
    6. Vitamin D receptor: molecular signaling and actions of nutritional ligands in disease prevention Nutrition reviews · 2008 · 271 citations
    7. Physical and Functional Interaction between the Vitamin D Receptor and Hairless Corepressor, Two Proteins Required for Hair Cycling Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2003 · 215 citations
    8. Lack of the Vitamin D Receptor is Associated with Reduced Epidermal Differentiation and Hair Follicle Growth 2002 · 180 citations
    9. Behavioural characterization of Vitamin D receptor knockout mice Behavioural brain research · 2005 · 166 citations
    10. Inactivation of the Vitamin D Receptor Enhances Susceptibility of Murine Skin to UV-Induced Tumorigenesis 2008 · 148 citations
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    Learn 4 of 26

    1. Vitamin D Vitamin made in the skin from sunlight, also taken as a supplement
    2. Dexpanthenol Provitamin B5, a moisturiser in hair and skin products
    3. Calcium D oantothenate
    4. Biotin B vitamin, often sold as a hair supplement
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