title: 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 inhibits proliferation of human promyelocytic leukaemia (HL60) cells and induces monocyte-macrophage differentiation in HL60 and normal human bone marrow cells.
abstract: 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 induces monocyte-macrophage differentiation and inhibits proliferation of cells from the human promyelocytic leukaemia cell line HL60. Similarly human bone marrow progenitor cells differentiate preferentially along the monocyte-macrophage pathway when incubated in the presence of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3. We suggest that the inhibition of growth which occurs after addition of the vitamin to HL60 might be paralleled in vivo by inhibition of proliferation of leukaemic cells; also we speculate that the vitamin may be involved in the control of both monocyte-macrophage and osteoclast production in vivo.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000187:drug effects; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004100:Dihydroxycholecalciferols / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007942:Leukemia, Experimental / Q000473:pathology*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000187:drug effects; D009000:Monocytes / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D004100:Dihydroxycholecalciferols; C023850:1 alpha,24-dihydroxyvitamin D3