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Gene expression analysis suggests that 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D<sub>3</sub>reverses experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis by stimulating inflammatory cell apoptosis
18 May 2004
Abstract excerpt
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a debilitating autoimmune disease of the central nervous system (CNS) that develops in genetically susceptible individuals who are exposed to undefined environmental risk factors. Epidemiological, genetic, and biological evidence suggests that insufficient vitamin D may be an MS risk factor. However, little is known about how vitamin D might be protective in MS. We hypothesized that...
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