Wang KW, Dong M. Vitamin D receptor and colorectal cancer.
Shijie Huaren Xiaohua Zazhi 2013;
21:3688-3694. [DOI:
10.11569/wcjd.v21.i33.3688]
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Abstract
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third cause of cancer-related morbidity and mortality in America following lung cancer and stomach cancer. In China and other Asian countries, increasingly Westernized diets have led to a high incidence of CRC. The vitamin D receptor (VDR) can mediate 1,25(OH)2D3 to regulate cell growth and differentiation in a variety of normal tissues or tumor tissues. VDR gene polymorphisms are closely related to the occurrence and development of CRC. This article summarizes the recent progress in understanding the relationship between VDR and CRC in terms of the structure and function of VDR, mechanisms of CRC inhibition, correlation between VDR polymorphisms and CRC, and the development of analogs of VDR ligands.
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