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. 2014 Dec;12(12):805–810.

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The expression of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 receptor (VDR), estrogen receptor (ER)-β, and ezrin in the human vagina and vitamin D state. (A) Vitamin D insufficiency state (<10 ng/mL), (B) Vitamin D deficiency state (10-30 ng/mL). The menstrual phases were histologically confirmed as proliferative phase. (C) The intensity of each signal was quantified and is represented in the graph. Statistical analysis of vitamin D receptor (VDR) (Mann-Whitney U-test, p= 0.537), estrogen receptor (ER)-β (Student’s t-test, p= 0.545), and ezrin expression (Mann-Whitney U-test, p= 1.000). NC= negative control.