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Effects of vitamin A and D receptor gene polymorphisms/haplotypes on immune responses to measles vaccine.
Pharmacogenetics and genomics - 1 Jan 2012
Ovsyannikova Inna G, Haralambieva Iana H, Vierkant Robert A, O'Byrne Megan M, Jacobson Robert M, Poland Gregory A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Vitamins A and D, and their receptors, are important regulators of the immune system, including vaccine immune response. We assessed the association between polymorphisms in the vitamin A receptors [retinoic acid receptor α, retinoic acid receptor β (RARB), and retinoic acid receptor γ] and vitamin D receptor (VDR)/retinoid X receptor α (RXRA) genes and interindividual variations in immune responses...
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