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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/21917| Title: | Physiology of vitamin D |
| Authors: | Galea, Stephanie Blundell, Renald |
| Keywords: | Vitamin D -- Synthesis Parathyroid hormone Calcitonin |
| Issue Date: | 2011 |
| Publisher: | Medwell |
| Citation: | Galea, S., & Blundell, R. (2011). Physiology of vitamin D. International Journal of Molecular Medicine and Advance Sciences, 7(1), 1-4. |
| 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. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/21917 |
| ISSN: | 1813176X |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacM&SPB |
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