Association of Vitamin D Receptor Gene Variation With Osteoporosis Risk in Belarusian and Lithuanian Postmenopausal Women

Association of Vitamin D Receptor Gene Variation With Osteoporosis Risk in Belarusian and Lithuanian Postmenopausal Women

Vitamin D receptor (VDR) is one of the main mediators of vitamin D biological activity. VDR dysfunction might substantially contribute to development of postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMO). Numerous studies have revealed the effects of several VDR gene variants on osteoporosis risk, although significa...

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Main Authors: Pavel M. Marozik, Marija Tamulaitiene, Ema Rudenka, Vidmantas Alekna, Irma Mosse, Alena Rudenka, Volha Samokhovec, Katsiaryna Kobets
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
Subjects:
vitamin D receptor
genetic variants
polymorphism
haplotype
postmenopausal osteoporosis
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fendo.2018.00305/full

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