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Vitamin D receptor genotype in pancreas allograft: a pilot study.
Experimental and clinical transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation - 1 Oct 2012
Rahsaz Marjan, Azarpira Negar, Nikeghbalian Saman, Geramizadeh Bita, Aghdaie Mahdokht Hossein, Daraie Masumeh, Esfandiari Elaheh, Ayatollahi Maryam, Yaghubi Ramin, Karimi Mohammad Hossein
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OBJECTIVES: Transplanting of pancreatic grafts is an established treatment for diabetes mellitus. Polymorphisms in genes, coding for proteins involved in an immune response, may influence immunologic and nonimmunologic mechanisms that lead to allograft loss. Vitamin D receptor agonists have been shown to increase long-term allograft survival in humans. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty-one pancreatic recipients...
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