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Independent assortment of GC gene polymorphism (rs2282679) and 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in coronary artery disease.
Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology - 1 Apr 2018
Sedky Nada K, Hassanein Sally I, Gad Mohamed Zakaria
Abstract excerpt
Coronary artery disease (CAD) remains a major public health burden. Emerging research has suggested an association between vitamin D insufficiency and CAD. Vitamin D binding protein (VDBP) is the primary vitamin D carrier and many of its genetic polymorphisms are able to induce the expression of proteins with different affinities for the vitamin, which in turn might affect its serum levels and CAD incidence. One...
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