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SUBMITTER: Amadori D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5355083 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Amadori Dino D Serra Patrizia P Masalu Nestory N Pangan Akwilina A Scarpi Emanuela E Bugingo Aloyce Maria AM Katabalo Deogratias D Ibrahim Toni T Bongiovanni Alberto A Miserocchi Giacomo G Spadazzi Chiara C Liverani Chiara C Turri Valentina V Tedaldi Rosanna R Mercatali Laura L
Oncotarget 20170201 8
As total vitamin D levels are often lower in black than in white Americans, the former are frequently classified as vitamin D-deficient. To fully understand African vitamin D (25(OH)D) status, other factors should be considered, e.g. vitamin D blood carrier, vitamin D-binding protein (DBP), vitamin D receptor (VDR) and DBP polymorphisms. A prospective study on an indigenous black Tanzanian and a Caucasian Italian population was performed on 50 healthy donors from both populations and 35 Caucasia ...[more]