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    7-Dehydrocholesterol (7-DHC) is a zoosterol that functions in the serum as a cholesterol precursor, and is photochemically converted to vitamin D3 in...
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    7-Dehydrocholesterol reductase, also known as DHCR7, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DHCR7 gene. The protein encoded by this gene is an enzyme...
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    "VitaminDSynthesis_WP1531". 7-Dehydrocholesterol is the precursor of cholecalciferol. Within the epidermal layer of skin, 7-dehydrocholesterol undergoes an electrocyclic...
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    multiple malformation syndrome caused by a mutation in the enzyme 7-Dehydrocholesterol reductase encoded by the DHCR7 gene. It causes a broad spectrum of...
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    defined and shown to result from the ultraviolet irradiation of 7-dehydrocholesterol. A chemical nomenclature for vitamin D forms was recommended in 1981...
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    a lubricant grease where corrosion would otherwise be a problem. 7-Dehydrocholesterol from lanolin is used as a raw material for producing vitamin D3 by...
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  • of vitamin K. Provitamin D2 is ergosterol, and provitamin D3 is 7-dehydrocholesterol. They are converted by UV light into vitamin D. The human body produces...
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    selection for lighter skin that allows UV rays to produce vitamin D from 7-dehydrocholesterol. Conversely, latitudes near the equator have selection for darker...
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    The encoded protein catalyzes the conversion of lathosterol into 7-dehydrocholesterol. Mutations in this gene have been associated with lathosterolosis...
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  • colestolone. 7-Dehydrocholesterol reductase (7-DHCR) inhibitors such as AY-9944 and BM-15766 inhibit the production of cholesterol from 7-dehydrocholesterol, one...
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    Vitamin D receptor modulators VDRTooltip Vitamin D receptor Agonists: 7-Dehydrocholesterol 25-Hydroxyergocalciferol Alfacalcidol Calcifediol Calciferol Calcipotriol...
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    months, but usually reach the barely detectable levels of childhood by 4–7 months of age. The function of this rise in humans is unknown. It has been...
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  • treating chronic plaque psoriasis". BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.). 320 (7240): 963–7. doi:10.1136/bmj.320.7240.963. PMC 27334. PMID 10753146. Martin KJ, González...
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    specifically UVB light of wavelengths between 295 and 300 nm, acting on 7-dehydrocholesterol in the epidermal layers of the skin. The B ring of the steroid nucleus...
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    sigmatropic [1,7] hydride shift. Lumisterol has an analog based on 7-dehydrocholesterol, known as lumisterol 3. Dewick, Paul M. (2002). Medicinal Natural...
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    them with essential nutrients. Due to their low concentrations of 7-dehydrocholesterol, it is believed that two-toed sloths cannot synthesize vitamin D...
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    JW (2006) The evolution of mineralocorticoid receptors. Mol Endocrinol. 20(7):1471-8. McKay L, Renoir JM, Weigel NL, Wilson EM, McDonnell DP, Cidlowski...
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    Vitamin D receptor modulators VDRTooltip Vitamin D receptor Agonists: 7-Dehydrocholesterol 25-Hydroxyergocalciferol Alfacalcidol Calcifediol Calciferol Calcipotriol...
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    sex steroids through studies of receptor deficient mice". J. Mol. Med. 76 (7): 497–511. doi:10.1007/s001090050244. PMID 9660168. S2CID 6470903. McEwen...
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    20-dione" that is an incorrect name". 2022. Archived from the original on 7 October 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023. Makin HL, Trafford DJ (1972). "The...
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    Androstadienone Androstenone Androsterone Estratetraenol Others Vitamin D: 7-Dehydrocholesterol Calcidiol/Calcifediol Calcitriol Cholecalciferol Others: 7α-Hydroxycholesterol...
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    long after receiving the Nobel Prize. In isolating and identifying 7-dehydrocholesterol in hog skin, and later human skin, whole milk, and animal liver,...
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    approach. Oxford: British Institute of Organ Studies. ISBN 978-1-85996-252-7.[page needed] Singh R, Artaza JN, Taylor WE, Braga M, Yuan X, Gonzalez-Cadavid...
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    of Widescreen Cinema. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-813-12651-7. Halliwell, Martin (2013). Therapeutic Revolutions: Medicine, Psychiatry,...
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  • like a sterol pump and removes oxysterols that have been created by 7-dehydrocholesterol reductase. Upon binding of a Hh protein or a mutation in the SSD...
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    Anobiidae): possible metabolic pathways from fungal sterols to 7-dehydrocholesterol". Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology. 52 (4): 175–82...
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    Chemistry was awarded to Adolf Windaus, who discovered the steroid 7-dehydrocholesterol, the precursor of vitamin D. Prior to the fortification of milk products...
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  • Scientific Reports. 2018; 8(1). Differential cytotoxic effects of 7-dehydrocholesterol-derived oxysterols on cultured retina-derived cells: Dependence on...
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    to calcifediol is rapid. When large doses are given (100,000 IU), it takes 7 days to reach peak calcifediol concentrations. Calcifediol binds in the blood...
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    about 7- to 10-fold lower than those of testosterone, and plasma levels of testosterone and DHT are highly correlated (correlation coefficient of 0.7). In...
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