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. 2026 Jun 1;62(6):1074. doi: 10.3390/medicina62061074
1α,25(OH)2D3 1 alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3
1α-hydroxylase 1 alpha-hydroxylase
25(OH)D3 25-hydroxyvitamin D3
ANOVA Analysis of variance
BLCA Bladder urothelial carcinoma
CAKUT Congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract
CI confidence interval
CYP24A1 Cytochrome P450 family 24 subfamily A member 1 (vitamin D 24-hydroxylase gene)
CYP27B1 Cytochrome P450 family 27 subfamily B member 1 (25-hydroxyvitamin D 1α-hydroxylase gene)
DAPI 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole
dct Distal convoluted tubule
FDR false discovery rate
FFPE  Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded
FGF23 Fibroblast growth factor 23
GTEx Genotype-Tissue Expression project
H&E Hematoxylin and eosin staining 
HSD Honestly significant difference
KICH Kidney chromophobe carcinoma
KIRC Kidney renal clear cell carcinoma
KIRP Kidney renal papillary cell carcinoma
MET Mesenchymal-to-epithelial transition
NR Nuclear receptor
NR1I1 Nuclear receptor subfamily 1 group I member 1 (alternative name for VDR)
PBS Phosphate-buffered saline
pct Proximal convoluted tubule
PTH Parathyroid hormone
qPCR Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction
RCC Renal cell carcinoma
RNA Ribonucleic acid
SD Standard deviation
STN Solid tissue normal
TCGA The Cancer Genome Atlas
TPM Transcripts per million
ub Ureteric bud
VDR Vitamin D receptor