Where is the vitamin D receptor?

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• 作者：Yongji Wang ; ^{yongjiwang@wisc.edu} ; Jinge Zhu ; Hector F. DeLuca
• 关键词：Vitamin D receptor ; Gene expression ; Transcriptional factor ; Calcium
• 刊名：Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：116_00039861
• 类别：ch
• 出版时间：1 July, 2012
• 卷：523
• 期：1
• 页码：123-133
• 文件大小：3445 K

摘要

The vitamin D receptor (VDR) is a member of the nuclear receptor superfamily and plays a central role in the biological actions of vitamin D. VDR regulates the expression of numerous genes involved in calcium/phosphate homeostasis, cellular proliferation and differentiation, and immune response, largely in a ligand-dependent manner. To understand the global function of the vitamin D system in physiopathological processes, great effort has been devoted to the detection of VDR in various tissues and cells, many of which have been identified as vitamin D targets. This review focuses on the tissue- and cell type-specific distribution of VDR throughout the body.