Normal physiological functions in two animal species with highly different vitamin d status compared to that of humans
Actual. osteol; 14 (3), 2018
Mole rats live in permanent darkness, in networks of underground tunnels (which extend up to 1 km in the subsoil), excavated with their incisors, in warm and semi-arid areas of South Africa. Mole rats have an unusually impoverished vitamin D3 status with undetectable and low plasma concentrations of 25- ...
Ratas Topo/fisiología, Vitamina D3 24-Hidroxilasa/sangre, Vitamina D/sangre, 25-Hidroxivitamina D3 1-alfa-Hidroxilasa/sangre, Hidroxicolecalciferoles/sangre, Colecalciferol/administración & dosificación, Raquitismo/veterinaria, Ratas Topo/anatomía & histología, Platirrinos/fisiología, Platirrinos/anatomía & histología