Title | Vitamin D [electronic resource] : Molecular Biology, Physiology, and Clinical Applications / edited by Michael F. Holick |
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Imprint | Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana Press, 1999 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2861-3 |
Descript | XII, 458 p. online resource |
1 Evolution, Biologic Functions, and Recommended Dietary Allowances for Vitamin D -- 2 Photobiology of Vitamin D -- 3 Functional Metabolism and Molecular Biology of Vitamin D Action -- 4 Metabolism and Catabolism of Vitamin D, Its Metabolites, and Clinically Relevant Analogs -- 5 The Enzymes Responsible for Metabolizing Vitamin D -- 6 The Vitamin D Binding Protein and Its Clinical Significance -- 7 Molecular Biology of the Vitamin D Receptor -- 8 Vitamin D Receptor Translocation -- 9 Molecular Recognition and StructureโActivity Relations in Vitamin D-Binding Protein and Vitamin D Receptor -- 10 Mechanism of Action of 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 on Intestinal Calcium Absorption and Renal Calcium Transport -- 11 Biologic and Molecular Effects of Vitamin D on Bone -- 12 Nongenomic Rapid Effects of Vitamin D -- 13 Noncalcemic Actions of 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 and Clinical Implications -- 14 Regulation of Parathyroid Hormone Gene Expression and Secretion by Vitamin D -- 15 Vitamin D Assays and Their Clinical Utility -- 16 Rickets and Vitamin D Deficiency -- 17 Vitamin D and Bone Health in Adults and the Elderly -- 18 Inherited Defects of Vitamin D Metabolism -- 19 Molecular Defects in the Vitamin D Receptor Associated with Hereditary 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D-Resistant Rickets -- 20 Extrarenal Production of 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D and Clinical Implications -- 21 Clinical Utility of 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 and Its Analogs for the Treatment of Psoriasis and Other Skin Diseases -- 22 Epidemiology of Cancer Risk and Vitamin D -- 23 Chemotherapeutic and Chemopreventive Actions of Vitamin D3 and Analogs -- 24 Vitamin D and Breast Cancer -- 25 Anticancer Activity of Vitamin D Analogs