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The functional polymorphisms of VDR, GC and CYP2R1 are involved in the pathogenesis of autoimmune thyroid diseases.
Clinical and experimental immunology - 1 Nov 2014
Inoue N, Watanabe M, Ishido N, Katsumata Y, Kagawa T, Hidaka Y, Iwatani Y
Abstract excerpt
Vitamin D is a multi-functional immune regulator, and a low serum concentration of vitamin D promotes autoimmune inflammation. In this study, we evaluate the association between the prognosis of autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) and the functional polymorphisms of genes that regulate vitamin D metabolism. For 139 Graves' disease (GD) patients, 116 Hashimoto's disease (HD) patients and 76 control subjects, we...
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