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| Description | 1,25-Dihydroxy vitamin D2 is a potent agonist of the vitamin D receptor. Paricalcitol is a synthetic 1,25-dihydroxy vitamin D2 analog. As vitamin D deficiency, associated with chronic kidney disease, leads to an increase in parathyroid hormone (secondary hyperparathyroidism), paricalcitol is used in renal patients to block parathyroid hormone overproduction. Vitamin D deficiency is also a risk factor in cancer, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, and diabetes, and paricalcitol may have applications in those contexts as well. |
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| References | 1. Sudsakorn, S.,Phatarphekar, A.,O'Shea, T., et al. Determination of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D2 in rat serum using liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry. Journal of Chromatography B 879, 139-145 (2011). |
