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The Fok1 vitamin D receptor gene polymorphism is associated with plasma renin activity in Caucasians.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Jun 2011
Vaidya Anand, Sun Bei, Forman John P, Hopkins Paul N, Brown Nancy J, Kolatkar Nikheel S, Williams Gordon H, Williams Jonathan S
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OBJECTIVES: 25-Hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) deficiency and excess activity of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) are both associated with cardiovascular disease. Vitamin D interacts with the vitamin D receptor (VDR) to negatively regulate renin expression in mice; however, human studies linking genetic variation in the VDR with renin are lacking. We evaluated (i) whether genetic variation in the VDR at the Fok1...
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