Association of vitamin D3, VDR gene polymorphisms, and LL-37 with a clinical form of Chagas Disease.
Luiz Roberto de Oliveira JuniorThaysa Buss CarvalhoRodrigo Mattos Dos SantosÉrika Alessandra Pellison Nunes da CostaPaulo Câmara Marques PereiraCilmery Suemi KurokawaPublished in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (2019)
Decreased levels of vitamin D suggest an association with the cardiac form of CD. Studies investigating the roles of vitamin D and LL-37 in the immune response and their associations with VDR polymorphisms and disease susceptibility are necessary.