Disruption of vitamin D and calcium signaling in keratinocytes predisposes to skin cancer

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 7, Issue JUL, 2016, Pages

  Bikle, Daniel D ^a   Jiang, Yan ^a   Nguyen, Thai ^a   Oda, Yuko ^a   Tu, Chia ling ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium sensing receptor; Hedgehog; Long non coding RNA; Squamous cell carcinoma; UVB; Vitamin D receptor; catenin

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SENSING RECEPTOR; LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA 21; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

CALCIUM SIGNALING; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION; H19 GENE; HUMAN; KERATINOCYTE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS;

EID: 84981533544     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2016.00296     Document Type: Review

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