KROK 1 Stomatology 2014 – Question 36 · KROK (Dentistry)
Hormonal form of a certain vitamin induces genome level synthesis of Ca-binding proteins in enterocytes thus regulating the intestinal absorption of Ca²⁺ ions required for dental tissue development. What vitamin is it?
- A. D3
- B. E
- C. K
- D. B1
- E. A
Hint
Think of the vitamin that is converted in the liver and kidney into a steroid-like hormone acting on nuclear receptors in the intestine.
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