A prospective study of plasma vitamin D metabolites, vitamin D receptor polymorphisms, and prostate cancer.

A prospective study of plasma vitamin D metabolites, vitamin D receptor polymorphisms, and prostate cancer.

Vitamin D insufficiency is a common public health problem nationwide. Circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (25[OH]D), the most commonly used index of vitamin D status, is converted to the active hormone 1,25 dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25[OH]2D), which, operating through the vitamin D receptor (VDR), inhibit...

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Main Authors: Haojie Li, Meir J Stampfer, J Bruce W Hollis, Lorelei A Mucci, J Michael Gaziano, David Hunter, Edward L Giovannucci, Jing Ma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-03-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1831738?pdf=render

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