Vitamin D receptor expression levels determine the severity and complexity of disease progression among leprosy reaction patients

Abstract We studied the roles of vitamin D and its receptor, VDR, in the progression of leprosy. The majority of individuals with leprosy from Kolkata, India, with a type 1 or type 2 reaction have low levels of vitamin D3 in serum samples. Interestingly, individuals with a type 2 reaction associated...

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Published in:	New microbes and new infections Vol. 6; no. C; pp. 35 - 39
Main Authors:	Mandal, D, Reja, A.H.H, Biswas, N, Bhattacharyya, P, Patra, P.K, Bhattacharya, B
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 01-07-2015 Elsevier
Subjects:	Infectious Disease Leprosy Original vitamin D vitamin D receptor Leprosy vitamin D vitamin D receptor
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