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The vitamin D receptor polymorphism in the translation initiation codon is a risk factor for insulin resistance in glucose tolerant Caucasians

BACKGROUND: Although vitamin D receptor (VDR) polymorphisms have been shown to be associated with abnormal glucose metabolism, the reported polymorphisms are unlikely to have any biological consequences. The VDR gene has two potential translation initiation sites. A T-to-C polymorphism has been note...

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Autores principales: Chiu, Ken C, Chuang, Lee-Ming, Yoon, Carol
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2001
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC29095/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11231880
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2350-2-2