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Vitamin D receptor gene ApaI and FokI polymorphisms and its association with inflammation and oxidative stress in vitamin D sufficient Caucasian Span…
2021
Background Vitamin D has gone from being just one vitamin to being an important prohormone with multiple effects on different tissue types. The mechanism of action of the active form or calcitriol is mediated by the intracellular vitamin D receptor (VDR). The interaction of the VDR with calcitriol modulates the expression of target genes involved in cell proliferation and cytokine production. Several studies have explored the effects of vitamin D deficiency in inflammatory disorders. Furthermore, some mutations in the VDR can affect its functionality. The focus of this study was to explore associations between VDR single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and markers of inflammation and oxidat…
Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and plasma renin activity in essential hypertensive individuals.
2014
Several studies analyzed 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) and blood pressure (BP) relationship with mixed results. Moreover, a relationship between the risk of hypertension and vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphisms, FokI and BsmI, was reported. This study was aimed to analyze these relationships in essential hypertensive (EH) patients. Seventy-one EH patients, 18-75 years old, were enrolled. Patients underwent clinical BP, 24-h ambulatory BP monitoring, 25[OH]D and plasma renin activity (PRA) evaluations. FokI and BsmI VDR polymorphisms were analyzed and compared with those of 72 healthy controls. In EH patients, the median 25[OH]D levels were lower than 30 ng ml(-1). We found a signific…
Dimēriskas dCas9-FokI sistēmas izveidošana efektīvai zīdītāju šūnu genoma rekombinēšanai
2015
CRISPR/Cas9 sistēma nodrošina robustu un plaši pielietojamu genoma rekombinēšanas tehnoloģiju, kas paver iespēju zinātniekiem precīzi manipulēt ar specifickiem genoma elementiem, ko izmantot gēnu funkciju pētījumos bioloģijā un slimību attīstībā. Darba mērķis bija izveidot un optimizēt dCas9-FokI sistēmu, kas nodrošinātu stabilu un specifisku genoma rekombinēšanu cilvēka šūnās. Mēs piedāvājam alternatīvu tehnoloģiju, kas ir balstīta uz RNS vadītu dCas9-FokI sistēmu un piedāvā ievērojamu genoma rekombinēšanas potenciālu ar samazinātu nespecifiskās šķelšanas (off-targeting) efektu. Iegūtie dati liecina, ka šī izveidotā sistēma var tikt efektīvi izmantota genoma rekombinēšanai zīdītāju šūnās. …
La Phytosulphokine-alpha : peptide à action amplifiante sur l’induction de l’embryogenèse somatique et de l’organogénèse in vitro chez les légumineus…
2017
Phytosulfokine-alpha: un éliciteur de la régénération in vitro pour améliorer la transgénèse chez des protéagineux réfractaires
2018
FokI Polymorphism of the Vitamin D Receptor Gene Correlates with Parameters of Bone Mass and Turnover in a Female Population of the Italian Island of…
2005
One of the most promising genetic approaches to dissecting a multifactorial disease is represented by genetically isolated population studies. We studied a genetic marker in a cohort of women living on the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa, a geographically isolated population. Lampedusa, located between the African coast and Sicily, consists of a young genetic isolate (<20 generations) with an exponential growth in the last generations. We analyzed the association between the FokI vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphism, previously proposed as a predictor of bone mass, with parameters of bone mass and turnover in a cohort of pre- and postmenopausal women living on Lampedusa. In 424 wome…