20S-Hydroxyvitamin D3, Noncalcemic Product of CYP11A1 Action on Vitamin D3, Exhibits Potent Antifibrogenic Activity in Vivo
Author(s) -
Andrzej Słomiński,
Zorica Janjetović,
Robert C. Tuckey,
Minh N. Nguyen,
Keka G. Bhattacharya,
Jin Wang,
Wěi Li,
Yan Jiao,
Weikuan Gu,
Monica Brown,
Arnold E. Postlethwaite
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2012-3074
Subject(s) - in vivo , vitamin d and neurology , chemistry , endocrinology , medicine , in vitro , vitamin , pharmacology , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry , biology
There is no effective treatment for systemic sclerosis and related fibrosing diseases. Recently the action of CYP11A1 on vitamin D(3) was shown to produce biologically active 20S-hydroxyvitamin D [20(OH)D(3)] and 20,23(OH)(2)D(3), 20,22(OH)(2)D(3), and 17,20,23(OH)(3)D(3).
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