title: Effect of conjugated and unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia on the plasma 25-hydroxy-vitamin D response to ultraviolet radiation in the rat.
abstract: 1. Vitamin D deficiency was induced in anicteric Wistar rats, Wistar rats before common bile-duct ligation was performed and Gunn rats with unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia. 2. The effect of ultraviolet radiation on plasma concentrations of 25-hydroxy-vitamin D was studied in a group of control anicteric Wistar rats (n = 11), Wistar rats 8 days after common bile-duct ligation (n = 7) with conjugated hyperbilirubinaemia and in Gunn rats (n = 11). 3. The plasma 25-hydroxy-vitamin D response to ultraviolet radiation was similar in the three groups. 4. It is suggested that neither conjugated nor unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia prevent cutaneous vitamin D3 synthesis or 25-hydroxylation in the rat.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006887:Hydroxycholecalciferols / Q000097:blood*; D006932:Hyperbilirubinemia / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D011830:Radiation Effects; D051381:Rats; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D006887:Hydroxycholecalciferols