The expression and methylation status of vitamin D receptor gene in Behcet's disease.

Sam Seydi ShirvaniMohammad NouriEbrahim SakhiniaZohreh BabalooGolamreza JadideslamAlipour ShahriarJafar FarhadiAlireza Khabbazi

Published in: Immunity, inflammation and disease (2020)

VDR gene expression decreased in patients with BD. However, there is no suggestion evidence that the expression level of VDR is regulated by a unique DNA methylation mechanism. No correlation exists between VDR gene expression and BD activity.

Keyphrases

gene expression
dna methylation
genome wide
poor prognosis
copy number
binding protein
long non coding rna
transcription factor