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1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3, similar to other steroid hor- mones, is known to act by binding stereospecifically
to a high-affinity, low-capacity intracellular receptor protein (vitamin D receptor or VDR), resulting in the
concentration of the 1,25(OH)2D3 receptor complex in the target cell nucleus and the activation or repression of the
transcription of target genes (Darwish and DeLuca, 1993; Haussler et al., 1998). Although the exact mechanisms
involved in mediat- ing the effects of 1,25(OH)2D3 in numerous different sys- tems are not clearly defined at this
time, the VDR appears to be of major importance (Haussler et al., 1998).