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. 2017 Jun 29;8(6):e103.
doi: 10.1038/ctg.2017.31.

The Role of Vitamin D and Vitamin D Receptors in Colon Cancer

Jun Sun  1
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The Role of Vitamin D and Vitamin D Receptors in Colon Cancer

Jun Sun. Clin Transl Gastroenterol. .
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Guarantor of the article: Jun Sun, PhD.

Specific author contributions: Interpreting the data, organizing literature, and writing the manuscript, approved the final draft submitted: Jun Sun.

Financial support: This work was supported by the NIDDK grant R01 DK105118 (JS) and the UIC Cancer Center.

Potential competing interests: None.

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