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   * **vitamin D2** – Form of vitamin D created by plants and fungi. When ingested, the secosteroid is (sometimes) converted into 25-D. Also known as ergocholecalciferol.   * **vitamin D2** – Form of vitamin D created by plants and fungi. When ingested, the secosteroid is (sometimes) converted into 25-D. Also known as ergocholecalciferol.
   * **vitamin D3** – Form of vitamin D made in the skin when exposed to light. Also available in fish and meat. This secosteroid is sometimes converted into 25-D. Also known as cholecalciferol and activated 7-dehydrocholesterol.   * **vitamin D3** – Form of vitamin D made in the skin when exposed to light. Also available in fish and meat. This secosteroid is sometimes converted into 25-D. Also known as cholecalciferol and activated 7-dehydrocholesterol.
-  * **VDR agonist** - A substance such as olmesartan (Benicar) or 1,25-D which activates the Vitamin D Receptor and transcribes the genes necessary for a proper innate immune response.+  * **VDR agonist** - A substance such as olmesartan (Benicar) or 1,25-D which activates the Vitamin D Receptor enabling transcription of the genes necessary for a proper innate immune response.
   * **VDR antagonist** - A substance such as 25-D or certain bacterial ligands which inactivates the Vitamin D Receptor, the receptor which transcribes the genes necessary for a proper innate immune response.   * **VDR antagonist** - A substance such as 25-D or certain bacterial ligands which inactivates the Vitamin D Receptor, the receptor which transcribes the genes necessary for a proper innate immune response.
  
  
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