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Vitamin D Receptor polymorphisms and risk of enveloped virus infection: A meta-analysis.
Gene - 15 Dec 2018
Laplana Marina, Royo José Luis, Fibla Joan
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INTRODUCTION: Vitamin-D plays a role regulating the immune response against to viral infection. In this sense, vitamin-D deficiency may confer increased susceptibility to enveloped virus infection such as HIV, Hepatitis, Dengue and Respiratory Syncytial virus infection, among others. Vitamin D activity is mediated by its receptor (VDR), which acts as a transcription factor modulating the expression of genes...
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