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Published ahead of print on April 9, 2008
Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
© 2008 American Society of Nephrology
doi: 10.2215/CJN.01130308
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MOVING POINTS IN NEPHROLOGY

Introduction to Vitamin D Symposium, March 14, 2008

Stephen G. Rostand 1 and David G. Warnock

Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama


1 To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: srostand{at}uab.edu.


  Abstract

A large body of work in diverse clinical and scientific areas has accumulated that supports a role for vitamin D in multiple organ systems and physiologic and molecular processes. The vitamin D receptor is distributed ubiquitously, and by binding with its receptor, vitamin D initiates a series of events that can affect cellular proliferation and differentiation, inflammation, the immune system, and the endocrine system, including the renin-angiotensin system, insulin resistance, and lipid metabolism.




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