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SOURCES — vitamin-d-deficiency-academic (Track 2, academic)
Compiled 2026-10-10. Every raster image used in this page's academic graphics, with its source, license and attribution. PDB coordinates are public domain per wwPDB policy (https://www.wwpdb.org/about/pdb-data-use); ribbons were rendered by the Hypothesis Critic team from those coordinates. No fabricated imagery.
Images kept
| File | What it shows | Source / authors | DOI / PMCID | Figure | License | Attribution line |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
vitd3-balls-pd.png |
Ball-and-stick model of the cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) molecule from its crystal structure | Ben Mills, Wikimedia Commons (own work; X-ray data as cited on file page) | — (no paper) | — | Public domain | "Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons" |
macrophage-niaid-ccby.jpg |
Colorized scanning electron micrograph of a macrophage | NIAID (via Flickr), Wikimedia Commons | — (no paper) | — | CC BY 2.0 | "NIAID, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons" |
PDB structures rendered (public domain coordinates)
| PDB | Structure | Deposition authors | Paper | Rendered for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1DB1 |
Vitamin D nuclear receptor ligand-binding domain bound to its natural ligand (VDX analogue shown as amber spheres) | Rochel N, Wurtz JM, Mitschler A, Klaholz B, Moras D | Rochel N et al. "The crystal structure of the nuclear receptor for vitamin D bound to its natural ligand." Mol Cell. 2000;5:173–179. PMID 10678179 | molecular-cascade panel 2 |
Rejected candidates (not used)
| Candidate | Why rejected |
|---|---|
File:Non-classical role of vitamin D.svg (CC0) |
Pathway diagram is SARS-CoV-2/COVID-focused (off-topic for the general review) and its text is illegible at display sizes |
File:Thick Skin Histological Section (epidermis, dermis and hypodermis).jpg |
CC BY-SA 3.0 — share-alike license not permitted for this project |
File:Scalp cross section (negro).jpg |
CC BY-SA 4.0 — share-alike license not permitted |
File:Skinlayers (italiano).svg |
CC BY-SA 3.0 — share-alike license not permitted |
File:Calcitriol-Synthesis.png ("Copyrighted free use") |
License ambiguous ("Copyrighted free use" is not a standard open license); not verifiable as CC0/CC-BY |
File:Giemsa Stain Macrophage Illustration.png |
CC BY-SA 4.0 — share-alike license not permitted |
File:HIV on macrophage.png (CC BY 2.5) |
Subject mismatch (HIV virology, not a clean cell-type portrait) |