Component
Human CUBN gene
Gene encoding cubilin; variants can impair endocytic vitamin-carrier retrieval.
1 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
How nutrients influence it
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Other things that act on it
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How nutrients reach it in more than one step
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What it does
Every recorded relationship this component is part of, grouped by its role. Plain wording comes first; the technical statement follows.
What it acts on
Human patients with mutations causing cubilin dysfunction excreted calcifediol in urine, supporting the cubilin-dependent renal carrier-retrieval pathway.
Experimental context and source evidence
- availability_state
- machinery_impairment Imported condition classification; unverified.
- cross_nutrient
- true
- evidence_location
- Primary abstract, cubilin sequestration and human urinary loss.
- experimental_model
- Human inherited cubilin dysfunction; supporting receptor experiments
- exposure
- Inherited CUBN dysfunction; patient details/doses not specified in retrieved abstract.
- limitations
- This shared B12/D transport machinery does not mean dietary B12 deficiency causes urinary D loss. Genotype-phenotype evidence is observational.
- nutrient
- Vitamin D2 and D3 · Vitamin D2 and D3
- nutrient_topic
- Vitamin D2 and D3 research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. · Vitamin D2 and D3
- organism
- Homo sapiens
- plain_language
- Cubilin defects can cause loss of vitamin D precursor through urine.
- primary_references
- [nykjaer2001] Cubilin dysfunction causes abnormal metabolism of the steroid hormone 25(OH) vitamin D(3). (2001). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11717447/ DOI: 10.1073/pnas.241516998
- tissue_or_cell_type
- kidney proximal tubule and urine
- trigger_kind
- machinery_impairment Imported condition classification; unverified.
Vitamin D2 and D3: mechanisms, deficiency and nutrient interactions (2026-09-17) · lines 257–270
AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Human inherited cubilin dysfunction; supporting receptor experiments · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
### vd-act-cubilin-human-loss Human patients with mutations causing cubilin dysfunction excreted calcifediol in urine, supporting the cubilin-dependent renal carrier-retrieval pathway. Condition category: machinery_impairment nutrient_topic: Vitamin D2 and D3 research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. plain_language: Cubilin defects can cause loss of vitamin D precursor through urine. organism: Homo sapiens tissue_or_cell_type: kidney proximal tubule and urine experimental_model: Human inherited cubilin dysfunction; supporting receptor experiments limitations: This shared B12/D transport machinery does not mean dietary B12 deficiency causes urinary D loss. Genotype-phenotype evidence is observational. exposure: Inherited CUBN dysfunction; patient details/doses not specified in retrieved abstract. cross_nutrient: true evidence_location: Primary abstract, cubilin sequestration and human urinary loss. nutrient: Vitamin D2 and D3 [nykjaer2001] Cubilin dysfunction causes abnormal metabolism of the steroid hormone 25(OH) vitamin D(3). (2001). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11717447/ DOI: 10.1073/pnas.241516998
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Situations it appears in
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