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Association study of VDR gene with rheumatoid arthritis in the French population.
Genes and immunity - 1 Dec 2005
Maalej A, Petit-Teixeira E, Michou L, Rebai A, Cornelis F, Ayadi H
Abstract excerpt
Vitamin D is a potent regulator of calcium homeostasis and may have immunomodulatory effects. The influence of vitamin D on human autoimmune disease is controversial. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of vitamin D receptor gene (VDR) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Three polymorphisms for VDR gene FokI T>C (rs 10735810), BsmI A>G (rs 1544410) and TaqI C>T (rs 731236) were genotyped in 100 RA French...
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