2,776 vitamin D receptor binding sites

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Discussing a recent publication in Genome Research

• "The binding sites were found to be unusually concentrated near a number of genes which have been associated with susceptibility to autoimmune conditions such as
  • MS,
  • Crohn’s disease,
  • lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, as well as to
  • cancers such as chronic lymphocytic leukemia and colorectal cancer."

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