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SUBMITTER: Thirumaran RK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3774043 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Thirumaran Ranjit K RK Lamba Jatinder K JK Kim Richard B RB Urquhart Brad L BL Gregor Jamie C JC Chande Nilesh N Fan Yiping Y Qi An A Cheng Cheng C Thummel Kenneth E KE Hall Stephen D SD Schuetz Erin G EG
Biochemical pharmacology 20120330 1
Vitamin D, whose levels vary seasonally with sunlight, is activated to 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3) that binds the vitamin D receptor (VDR) and transcriptionally regulates intestinal CYP3A4 expression. We genotyped VDR polymorphisms and determined their associations with intestinal CYP3A4 and with midazolam pharmacokinetics, and whether intestinal CYP3A4 levels/activity varied seasonally. The VDR BsmIG > A (rs1544410) polymorphism was significantly associated with CYP3A4 jejunal expression/activi ...[more]