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SUBMITTER: Podgorska E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6223653 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Podgorska Ewa E Sniegocka Martyna M Mycinska Marianna M Trybus Wojciech W Trybus Ewa E Kopacz-Bednarska Anna A Wiechec Olga O Krzykawska-Serda Martyna M Elas Martyna M Krol Teodora T Urbanska Krystyna K Slominski Andrzej A
Acta biochimica Polonica 20180717 3
Although vitamin D is included in the group of fat-soluble vitamins, it must be considered as a prohormone. Its active forms, including calcitriol, have pleiotropic effects and play an important role in the regulation of cell proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis, as well as in hormone secretion, and they demonstrate anti-cancer properties. Since calcitriol delivery can be beneficial for the organism, and Syrian golden hamsters represent a unique experimental model, we decided to investig ...[more]