Title : High-dose vitamin D3 supplementation ameliorates renal fibrosis by vitamin D receptor activation and inhibiting TGF-β1/Smad3 signaling pathway in 5/6 nephrectomized rats.

Pub. Date : 2021 Sep 15

PMID : 34147475






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1 Importantly, vitamin D3 treatment increased the expression of the vitamin D receptor and inhibited Transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1)/Smad3 signaling pathway in rats kidneys with chronic kidney disease. Cholecalciferol vitamin D receptor Rattus norvegicus
2 Mechanistically, the upregulation of TGF-beta1 and phosphorylation of Smad3 induced by vitamin D3 was reversed by activation of the vitamin D receptor. Cholecalciferol vitamin D receptor Rattus norvegicus