ANATOMY+PHYSIOLOGY
ANATOMY+PHYSIOLOGY
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ISBN: 9781260265217
Author: McKinley
Publisher: RENT MCG
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The process of activating vitamin D to calcitriol.

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Calcitriol is an active metabolite D that is usually generated in the kidney. 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol is another term for it. It is a hormone that binds to and fires up the vitamin D receptor in the cell's nucleus, increasing the expression of many genes.

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