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Physiology of vitamin D

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    • Publication Information:
      Medwell
    • Publication Date:
      2011
    • Collection:
      University of Malta: OAR@UM / L-Università ta' Malta
    • Abstract:
      Vitamin D is relevant to several processes in the body mainly in the intracellular mechanisms affecting parathyroid hormone and calcitonin regulation, regulation of vitamin D production by negative feedback and calcium and phosphorous level regulation. Vitamin D may be synthesised in the dermal layer of the skin or absorbed through the diet and utilised. Its biosynthesis initiates from cholesterol and its derivatives and is followed by a cascade of reactions, completed in the kidneys and transported via the blood to where it is utilized. The vitamin D receptor determines the physiological effects of vitamin D and any mutations will cause imbalances in bone homeostasis. ; peer-reviewed
    • ISSN:
      1813176X
    • Relation:
      https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/21917
    • Online Access:
      https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/21917
    • Rights:
      info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess ; The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder.
    • Accession Number:
      edsbas.D821602D