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 * Vitamin D and Asthma

Vitamin D can prevent lung smooth muscle hyperplasia by inhibiting the phosphorylation of the Rb protein, which mediates the proliferation of the smooth muscle in the lungs. The proliferation of this tissue is one of the hallmarks of the development of asthma that is characterized by inflammation and hyperresponsiveness of the airways.
 * Discovery of the Vitamin D receptor

In 1969, after studying nuclear fragments of intestinal cells the group led by Anthony Norman discovered a specific binding protein for Vitamin D called the Vitamin D Receptor.

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