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. 2015 Jun 19;7(6):5020–5050. doi: 10.3390/nu7065020

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Calcitriol effects in the tumor microenvironment. Calcitriol, either activated from 25OHD in the kidney or intratumorally, acts up-regulating (green arrow) or down-regulating (red arrow) different factors that result in the indicated final biological effects. PGs, prostaglandins; 15-PGDH, 15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase; COX-2, cyclooxygenase-2; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor-α; IL-6, interleukin 6; PDF, prostate deriver factor.