VDR polymorphism, gene expression and vitamin D levels in leprosy patients from North Indian population.

• Main Authors: Itu Singh (Author), Mallika Lavania (Author), Vinay Kumar Pathak (Author), Madhvi Ahuja (Author), Ravindra P Turankar (Author), Vikram Singh (Author), Utpal Sengupta (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae and mainly affects skin, peripheral nerves. Vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphism has been found to be associated with leprosy. Vitamin D has been shown to control several host immunomodulating...