Vitamin D receptor genetic polymorphisms and the risk of multiple sclerosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis

A Mohammadi, A Azarnezhad, H Khanbabaei… - Steroids, 2020 - Elsevier
There are conflicting results regarding the exact effect of the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene
polymorphisms on the susceptibility to multiple sclerosis (MS). Therefore, we aimed to …

Association of vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and the risk of multiple sclerosis: a meta analysis

D Zhang, L Wang, R Zhang, S Li - Archives of Medical Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Previous studies have reported vitamin D receptor (VDR) polymorphisms in
multiple sclerosis (MS); however, the results remain contradictory. This study aimed to …

Association between vitamin D receptor polymorphisms and multiple sclerosis: systematic review and meta-analysis of case–control studies

K Tizaoui, W Kaabachi, A Hamzaoui… - Cellular & molecular …, 2015 - nature.com
Vitamin D receptor (VDR) polymorphisms have been studied as potential contributors to
multiple sclerosis (MS). However, published studies differ with respect to study design and …

Association between VDR polymorphisms and multiple sclerosis: systematic review and updated meta-analysis of case-control studies

YJ Zhang, L Zhang, SY Chen, GJ Yang, XL Huang… - Neurological …, 2018 - Springer
Vitamin D receptor (VDR) polymorphisms have been inconsistently investigated in multiple
sclerosis (MS). However, published studies demonstrated differences concerning design …

Polymorphisms in the vitamin D receptor gene and multiple sclerosis risk: a meta-analysis of case–control studies

J Huang, ZF Xie - Journal of the neurological sciences, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The vitamin D receptor (VDR) polymorphisms have been reported to be
associated with multiple sclerosis (MS), however, evidence remains conflicting. A meta …

[HTML][HTML] Association between vitamin D receptor (VDR) polymorphisms and the risk of multiple sclerosis (MS): an updated meta-analysis

D Imani, B Razi, M Motallebnezhad, R Rezaei - BMC neurology, 2019 - Springer
Background The association between the Vitamin D Receptor (VDR) gene polymorphism
and the risk of Multiple sclerosis (MS) has been evaluated in several researches. However …

Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and the risk of multiple sclerosis: An updated meta-analysis

XL Chen, ML Zhang, L Zhu, ML Peng, FZ Liu… - Microbial …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background The association between vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphisms and
multiple sclerosis (MS) has been extensively studied, but results were controversial …

The association between vitamin D receptor polymorphisms and multiple sclerosis in a Turkish population

O Kamisli, C Acar, M Sozen, M Tecellioglu… - Multiple sclerosis and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, demyelinating disease of the central
nervous system (CNS). Genetic and environmental factors are important in disease …

Positive association of vitamin D receptor gene variations with multiple sclerosis in South East Iranian population

M Narooie-Nejad, M Moossavi… - BioMed research …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Among the factors postulated to play a role in MS susceptibility, the role of vitamin D is
outstanding. Since the function of vitamin D receptor (VDR) represents the effect of vitamin D …

[HTML][HTML] Protective association of VDR gene polymorphisms and haplotypes with multiple sclerosis patients in Egyptian population

AH Hassab, AH Deif, DA Elneely, IM Tawadros… - Egyptian Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Background Hypovitaminosis D is one of the hazardous factors for multiple sclerosis (MS)
and can be attested by expanding clinical studies. We aimed to study vitamin D receptor …