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Kristin L Morris1, Michael B Zemel

  • 1Department of Nutrition, University of Tennessee, Room 229, Jessie Harris Building, 1215 West Cumberland Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.

Obesity Research
|May 18, 2005
PubMed
Summary

1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 regulates local cortisol production in fat cells by increasing 11beta-HSD 1 expression. This finding may explain how high-calcium diets reduce visceral fat and adiposity.

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