Behind the scenes of vitamin D binding protein: More than vitamin D binding

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 773-786

  Delanghe, Joris R ^a   Speeckaert, Reinhart ^a   Speeckaert, Marijn M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

actin scavenging; bone metabolism; chemotaxis; fatty acids; immunology; vitamin D

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ENDOTOXIN; FATTY ACID; GLYCOPROTEIN; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATING FACTOR; PLASMA PROTEIN; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D BINDING PROTEIN; VITAMIN D-BINDING PROTEIN-MACROPHAGE ACTIVATING FACTOR;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ASCITES FLUID; BODY FLUID; BONE METABOLISM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CHEMOTAXIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; METABOLITE; NEOPLASM; REVIEW; SOLUBILIZATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; ANIMAL; BONE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; ENDOTOXINS; FATTY ACIDS; HUMANS; MACROPHAGE-ACTIVATING FACTORS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D-BINDING PROTEIN;

EID: 84946487325     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: 15321908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2015.06.006     Document Type: Review

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