The vitamin D receptor gene variants, ApaI, TaqI, BsmI, and FokI in diabetic foot ulcer and their association with oxidative stress.
Zeynab Nickhah KlashamiNakisa Zarrabi AhrabiYasin Sarve AhrabiMandana HasanzadMojgan AsadiMahsa M. AmoliPublished in: Molecular biology reports (2022)
It seems that the plasma levels of vitamin D do not differ between patients with or without diabetic foot ulcers; however, the presence of some VDR gene polymorphisms is thought to be involved in the development of diabetic foot ulcers via increasing oxidative stress.