| Literature DB >> 4338462 |
M F Holick, M Garabedian, H F DeLuca.
Abstract
Nephrectomy prevents completely the bone calcium mobilization response to 25-hydroxycholecalciferol. In contrast it does not prevent this response to 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol. Because it is known that the kidney is the site of 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol formation, these results provide evidence that 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol or a further metabolite thereof and not 25-hydroxycholecalciferol is the metabolically active form of vitamin D(3) responsible for bone calcium mobilization.Entities:
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Year: 1972 PMID: 4338462 DOI: 10.1126/science.176.4039.1146
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728