Calcitriol confers neuroprotective effects in traumatic brain injury by activating Nrf2 signaling through an autophagy-mediated mechanism.
Changmeng CuiChangshui WangFeng JinMengqi YangLingsheng KongWenxiu HanPei JiangPublished in: Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) (2021)
Therefore, our work demonstrated a neuroprotective role of calcitriol in TBI by triggering Nrf2 activation, which might be mediated by autophagy.