This review focuses on the biologic importance of the vitamin D binding protein (DBP) with
emphasis on its regulation of total and free vitamin D metabolite levels in various clinical …

The last decade has seen a dramatic increase in general interest in and research into
vitamin D, with many athletes now taking vitamin D supplements as part of their everyday …

Albumin, the most abundant plasma protein, is among the most studied of all proteins, being
important from clinical monitoring, physiological, and therapeutic perspectives. This unique …

Cross-presentation of antigens from dead tumor cells by type 1 conventional dendritic cells
(cDC1s) is thought to underlie priming of anti-cancer CD8+ T cells. cDC1 express high …

Blood serum is a complex body fluid that contains various proteins ranging in concentration
over at least 9 orders of magnitude. Using a combination of mass spectrometry technologies …

The vitamin D binding protein (DBP) is the major plasma carrier protein of vitamin D and its
metabolites. Unlike other hydrophobic hormone-binding systems, it circulates in a …

A line of mice deficient in vitamin D binding protein (DBP) was generated by targeted
mutagenesis to establish a model for analysis of DBP's biological functions in vitamin D …

In recent years, our understanding of the many physiological, biochemical, and molecular
functions and attributes of vitamin D-binding protein (DBP) has seen exciting and significant …

The free hormone hypothesis postulates that only the nonbound fraction (the free fraction) of
hormones that otherwise circulate in blood bound to their carrier proteins is able to enter …

Although being discovered in 1959, the number of published papers in recent years reveals
that vitamin D binding protein (DBP), a member of the albuminoid superfamily, is a hot …