[HTML][HTML] The role of vitamin D in autoimmune diseases: could sex make the difference?

ML Dupuis, MT Pagano, M Pierdominici… - Biology of sex …, 2021 - Springer
Over the last decades, a central role for vitamin D in immune modulation has been well
established. The active form of vitamin D, ie, 1, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D, through the …

The role of immune semaphorins in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis: Potential therapeutic targets

R Lotfi, RN Kalmarzi, M Rajabinejad, S Hasani… - International …, 2021 - Elsevier
The immune and nervous systems possess a highly intricate network of synaptic
connections, shared messenger molecules, and exquisite communication ways, allowing …

Association of Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and clinical/severe outcomes of COVID-19 patients

R Abdollahzadeh, MH Shushizadeh… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction Growing evidence documented the critical impacts of vitamin D (VD) in the
prognosis of COVID-19 patients. The functions of VD are dependent on the vitamin D …

[HTML][HTML] IL-6 and IL-10 gene polymorphisms and cirrhosis of liver risk from a comprehensive analysis

M Zheng, W Fang, M Yu, R Ding, H Zeng… - BMC Endocrine …, 2021 - Springer
Background Different inflammatory and immune cytokines play a key role in the
development of cirrhosis of liver (CL). To investigate the association between interleukin-6 …

[HTML][HTML] Association of apolipoprotein B XbaI (rs693) polymorphism and gallstone disease risk based on a comprehensive analysis

H Zhu, L Yu, L Feng - Genes and Environment, 2021 - Springer
Background Our aim was to investigate the association between XbaI gene polymorphisms
in the apolipoprotein B (APOB) gene and gallstone disease (GD) risk through a comparison …

ε2, ε3, and ε4 variants of ApoE; rs2228570 (VDR), rs4588 and rs7041 (VDBP) polymorphisms in patients with multiple sclerosis: A case–control study in Turkish …

H Gezmis, F Mayda Domac, B Ormeci… - … Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aim of the Study Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a degenerative disease characterized by
autoimmune demyelination in the central nervous system. Yet, underlined genetics or …

Associations of vitamin D receptor rs1544410 polymorphism with type 1 diabetes mellitus risk: Systematic review and meta-analysis

A Shahmoradi, K Ghaderi, A Aghaei, A Azarnezhad - Meta Gene, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Inconclusive findings on the association of polymorphisms in vitamin D
receptors (VDR) with the risk of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) have been obtained in …