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Association of genetic variations in the vitamin D pathway with susceptibility to tuberculosis in Kazakhstan.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Mar 2020
Sadykov Mukhtar, Azizan Azliyati, Kozhamkulov Ulan, Akilzhanova Ainur, Yerezhepov Dauren, Salfinger Max, Chan Chee Kai
Abstract excerpt
Tuberculosis (TB) poses an important health challenge and a significant economic burden for Kazakhstan and in Central Asia. Recent findings show a number of immunological related processes and host Mycobacterium tuberculosis defense are impacted by a variety of genes of the human host including those that play a part in the vitamin D metabolism. We investigated the genetic variation of genes in the vitamin D...
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