Vitamin D Receptor Influences Intestinal Barriers in Health and Disease

Vitamin D receptor (VDR) executes most of the biological functions of vitamin D. Beyond this, VDR is a transcriptional factor regulating the expression levels of many target genes, such as genes for tight junction proteins claudin-2, -5, -12, and -15. In this review, we discuss the progress of resea...

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Main Authors: Jun Sun, Yong-Guo Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-03-01
Series:Cells
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/11/7/1129