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Vitamin D Receptor Gene Polymorphism and the Risk of Multiple Sclerosis in the Azeri Population of Iran.
Endocrine, metabolic & immune disorders drug targets - 1 Jan 2021
Pourostadi Mahya, Sattarpour Simin, Poor Behroz M, Asgharzadeh Mohammad, Kafil Hossein S, Farhoudi Mehdi, Asgharzadeh Vahid, Vegari Ali, Najafi-Ghalelou Nima, Rashedi Jalil
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Multiple sclerosis (MS), a disease of the central nervous system (CNS), is associated with damage to the myelin sheath of neurons. It is demonstrated that vitamin D deficiency plays an important role in the development of the disease. Binding of vitamin D to its specific nuclear receptors is a way to exert its function. OBJECTIVE: Possible correlation between the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene and MS...
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