Bioactive Dietary VDR Ligands Regulate Genes Encoding Biomarkers of Skin Repair That Are Associated with Risk for Psoriasis

Treatment with 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25D) improves psoriasis symptoms, possibly by inducing the expression of late cornified envelope (LCE)3 genes involved in skin repair. In psoriasis patients, the majority of whom harbor genomic deletion of LCE3B and LCE3C (LCE3C_LCE3B-del), we propose that...

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Main Authors: Amitis Karrys, Islam Rady, Roxane-Cherille N. Chamcheu, Marya S. Sabir, Sanchita Mallick, Jean Christopher Chamcheu, Peter W. Jurutka, Mark R. Haussler, G. Kerr Whitfield
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-02-01
Series:Nutrients
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/10/2/174