“…Physiological regulation of vitamin D activity is exerted mainly at the level of production of the highly active renal metabolite 1,25-dihydroxy-vitamin D, [ 1,,D,] from 25-hydroxy-vitamin D, [25-(OH)D,l, the major circulating form. The regulation of 25-hydroxy-vitamin D-1 a-hydroxylase [25-(OH)D-1 a-hydroxylasel has been intensively studied and many agents including calcium and phosphate, cyclic nucleotides, parathyroid hormone and prolactin, and 1,25-(OH),D, itself are now known to alter its activity (MacIntyre et al, 1977;Larkins, MacAuley, Rapoport, Martin, Tulloch, Byfield, Matthews & MacIntyre, 1974).…”