Association between Gc genotype and susceptibility to TB is dependent on vitamin D status
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Association between Gc genotype and susceptibility to TB is dependent on vitamin D status.
Group-specific component (Gc) variants of vitamin D binding protein differ in their affinity for vitamin D metabolites that modulate antimycobacterial immunity. We conducted studies to determine whether Gc genotype associates with susceptibility to tuberculosis (TB). The following subjects were recruited into case-control studies: in the UK, 123 adult TB patients and 140 controls, all of Gujara...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Respiratory Journal
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0903-1936,1399-3003
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00087009