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Association between vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to chronic kidney disease and periodontitis.
Blood purification - 1 Jan 2007
de Souza Cleber Machado, Braosi Ana Paula Ribeiro, Luczyszyn Sônia Mara, Avila Andréa Rodrigues, de Brito Rui Barbosa, Ignácio Sérgio Aparecido, Probst Christian Macagnan, Riella Miguel Carlos, Sotomaior Vanessa Santos, Mira Marcelo Távora, Pecoits-Filho Roberto, Trevilatto Paula Cristina
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BACKGROUND/AIMS: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) and periodontitis (PD) are serious public-health concerns. Vitamin D is a fat-soluble steroid hormone that interacts with its nuclear receptor (VDR) to regulate a variety of biological processes, such as bone metabolism, immune response modulation and transcription of several genes involved in CKD and PD disease mechanisms. The aim of this work was to investigate the...
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