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Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and association with type 2 diabetes mellitus in a Polish population.
Experimental and clinical endocrinology & diabetes : official journal, German Society of Endocrinology [and] German Diabetes Association - 1 Dec 2003
Malecki M T, Frey J, Moczulski D, Klupa T, Kozek E, Sieradzki J
Abstract excerpt
Vitamin D plays an important role in insulin secretion. There is also evidence that this steroid may influence the insulin sensitivity. Thus genes involved in its metabolic pathway have been regarded as good candidates for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). One of them is vitamin D receptor gene (VDR). Its multiple polymorphisms have been examined for the association with T2DM in several populations. Those studies...
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