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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
DISEASE(S): reference
SUBMITTER: Karen Marie Spach
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-842 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Spach Karen M KM Pedersen Laura B LB Nashold Faye E FE Kayo Tsuyoshi T Yandell Brian S BS Prolla Tomas A TA Hayes Colleen E CE
Physiological genomics 20040708 2
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a debilitating autoimmune disease of the central nervous system (CNS) that develops in genetically susceptible individuals who are exposed to undefined environmental risk factors. Epidemiological, genetic, and biological evidence suggests that insufficient vitamin D may be an MS risk factor. However, little is known about how vitamin D might be protective in MS. We hypothesized that 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1,25-(OH)2D3] might regulate gene expression patterns in a ma ...[more]