[Our observation that early during progression, colon tumor cells express CYP27B1, the enzyme essential for 1,25-D3 synthesis, as well as the vitamin D receptor (VDR) at a higher level than normal colon cells led to the speculation that, by induction of this expression, a physiological defense against tumor progression could be activated and enhanced.]. Sentence from MEDLINE/PubMed, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Gene-disease associations inferred from text-mining the literature.
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