Vitamin D receptor initiation codon polymorphism influences genetic susceptibility to type 1 diabetes mellitus in the Japanese population

• Main Authors: Maruyama Taro (Author), Yamada Satoru (Author), Yanagawa Tatsuo (Author), Taniyama Matsuo (Author), Ban Yoshiyuki (Author), Kasuga Akira (Author), Ban Yoshio (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2001-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Vitamin D has been shown to exert manifold immunomodulatory effects. Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is regarded to be immune-mediated and vitamin D prevents the development of diabetes in the NOD mouse. We studied the association be...