Crystal structures of the vitamin D nuclear receptor liganded with the vitamin D side chain analogues calcipotriol and seocalcitol, receptor agonists of clinical importance. Insights into a structural basis for the switching of calcipotriol to a receptor antagonist by further side chain modification.
Tocchini-Valentini, G., Rochel, N., Wurtz, J.M., Moras, D.(2004) J Med Chem 47: 1956-1961
- PubMed: 15055995 
- DOI: 10.1021/jm0310582
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1S0Z, 1S19 - PubMed Abstract: 
The plethora of actions of 1alpha,25(OH)(2)D(3) in various systems suggested wide clinical applications of vitamin D nuclear receptor (VDR) ligands in treatments of inflammation, dermatological indication, osteoporosis, cancers, and autoimmune diseas ...