Vitamin D status, vitamin D receptor gene polymorphism, and haplotype in patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis: Correlation with susceptibility and parasite load index.

• Main Authors: Doaa A Salem (Author), Mohammad A Alghamdi (Author), Hasan S Al-Ghamdi (Author), Bakheet A Alghamdi (Author), Ayman Zaki Elsayed Elsamanoudi (Author), Abdulkarim Hasan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>CL endemicity was reported worldwide including in Saudi Arabia, imposing a major challenge on the health authorities. Vitamin D and its receptor (VDR) are key modulators of the immune response where the VDR is expressed. A remarkable lack of data exists in humans about...