VITAMIN D RECEPTOR GENE POLYMORPHISM IN PATIENTS WITH JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
Biological Markers in Fundamental and Clinical Medicine. - Vol.1, N3. - 2017
DOI: 10.29256/v.01.03.2017.escbm01-14
Myslivets M., Paramonova N., Stepuro T.
Grodno State Medical University, Belarus
- The Vitamin D Receptor also limits vitamin D from getting to cells for many other diseases and, the limitation cannot be detected by a Vitamin D blood test
- Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis is strongly associated with low vitamin D – many studies
- Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis associated with low vitamin D, but how low – meta-analysis Jan 2013
- Arthritic children have low vitamin D (84 percent of the studies) – May 2018
Items in both categories Rheumatoid Arthritis and Vitamin D Receptor
- Adaptive and innate immune system, vitamin D genes, and Rheumatoid Arthritis – June 2019
- Resveratrol Role in Autoimmune Disease-A Mini-Review. – Dec 2016
- Immunological effects of vitamin D and their relations to autoimmunity – March 2019
- Arthritis runs in Pakistani families (Vitamin D Receptor) – March 2019
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis 2.2 X more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor – Aug 2018
- Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis 8 X more likely if poor Vitamin D receptor – Dec 2017
- Inflammation and immune responses to Vitamin D (perhaps need to measure active vitamin D) – July 2017
- Vitamin D in rheumatoid arthritis-towards clinical application – April 2016
- Rheumatoid arthritis is 40 percent more likely if vitamin D Receptor problem – 2 meta-analyses 2015
- Rheumatoid arthritis, genes and vitamin D – May 2013
Items in both categories Rheumatoid Arthritis and Infant-Child are listed here:
- Taking vitamin D for health problems has raised D levels a bit (child Arthritis this case) – July 2021
- World Arthritis Day - Children who suffer with arthritis are lacking Vitamin D - Oct 2019
- More UVB at 12th week of pregnancy associated with less Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis – Oct 2018
- Arthritic children have low vitamin D (84 percent of the studies) – May 2018
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis 2.2 X more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor – Aug 2018
- Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis 8 X more likely if poor Vitamin D receptor – Dec 2017
- Children with Idiopathic arthritis have very low Boron levels – Jan 2016
- 2,000 IU vitamin D recommended for pediatric rheumatology – May 2015
- Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis is strongly associated with low vitamin D – many studies
- Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis associated with low vitamin D, but how low – meta-analysis Jan 2013
Rheumatoid Arthritis category starts with
Highlights of RA studies in VitaminDWiki
RA worse if low Vitamin D
- Rheumatoid Arthritis score extrapolates to zero at 51 ng of Vitamin D (India) – June 2024
- Rheumatoid Arthritis is more severe if low vitamin D – July 2023
- Rheumatoid arthritis pain was 5.8 X more likely if low vitamin D – Aug 2017
- Adaptive and innate immune system, vitamin D genes, and Rheumatoid Arthritis – June 2019
- Rheumatoid Arthritis strongly associated with low vitamin D – meta-analysis April 2016
- Rheumatoid Arthritis associated with lower vitamin D and higher latitude – meta-analysis Jan 2016
- Adaptive and innate immune system, vitamin D genes, and Rheumatoid Arthritis – June 2019
- Resveratrol Role in Autoimmune Disease-A Mini-Review. – Dec 2016
- Immunological effects of vitamin D and their relations to autoimmunity – March 2019
- Arthritis runs in Pakistani families (Vitamin D Receptor) – March 2019
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis 2.2 X more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor – Aug 2018
- Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis 8 X more likely if poor Vitamin D receptor – Dec 2017
- Inflammation and immune responses to Vitamin D (perhaps need to measure active vitamin D) – July 2017
- Vitamin D in rheumatoid arthritis-towards clinical application – April 2016
- Rheumatoid arthritis is 40 percent more likely if vitamin D Receptor problem – 2 meta-analyses 2015
- Rheumatoid arthritis, genes and vitamin D – May 2013
RA Treated by Vitamin D
- Several rheumatic diseases treated by high-dose vitamin D, but made worse if Calcium was added – April 2022
- Rheumatic Diseases often treated by Vitamin D, may need 40-60 ng – Oct 2021
- Rheumatoid Arthritis pain reduced by monthly 100,000 IU of Vitamin D – Oct 2018
- Rheumatoid arthritis reduced by 440,000 IU of Vitamin D over 4 months – Oct 2015
- Connective tissue disorders (Lupus, RA, etc) treated by vitamin D – May 2016
- 43 percent of Rheumatoid Arthritis patients have Vitamin D prescriptions (15 countries) – June 2017
- Big increase in vitamin D supplementation in just 2 years after Swiss rheumatology report – Dec 2013
- High dose vitamin reduced pain of fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis - July 2015
- Note: Vitamin D receptor problems (such as RA) are best treated by infrequent large doses of Vitamin D
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Introduction: Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) is the most common rheumatic disease developing in childhood; its onset occurs before 16 years of age [1]. It is supposed that the heterogeneity of this disease is due to different factors contributed to its pathogenesis. The central role in the pathogenesis of JRA has been attributed to dysregulation of the adaptive immune response, where regulatory T cells, effector T cells and antibody-producing B cells play the leading role. Further, activated B cells produce immunoglobulins, such as rheumatoid factor (RF) and antinuclear antibodies (ANAs). The information about the role of hereditary factors in the pathogenesis of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis has increased with the discovery of the growing number of genetic loci and single polymorphisms associated with RA susceptibility [2]. The most studied susceptibility locus for this disease is the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) located on chromosome 6p. Rheumatoid arthritis is the known risk factor of osteoporosis and bone fragility 3. Vitamin D is one of the key point that interacts with both the immune system and bone tissue. The biological effects of vitamin D are mediated by the functional activity of its receptor. More than 200 single nucleotide polymorphisms were detected in vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene that regulates its activity. VDR polymorphic alleles are the risk factor of such diseases as rheumatoid arthritis, celiac disease, systemic lupus erythematosus and many others. Thus, the study of molecular-genetic markers of JRA is highly required to reveal the hereditary predisposition and early diagnosis of this pathology.
Objectives: The aim of the study was to evaluate the distribution of VDR gene polymorphic alleles BsmI in patients with JRA.
Materials and methods: One hundred and four children were enrolled in this study. The patients were divided into three groups: 37 patients had
JRA according to ILAR classification criteria, 33 children had articular syndrome and 34 hospital controls without any signs of autoimmune or inflammatory diseases. The method of patients genotyping: BsmI (c.IVS7 + 283 G>A) polymorphism of VDR was detected by allele-specific polymerase chain reaction method with the use of reagent kit and in accordance with manufacture’s instruction.
Results: It has been shown that VDR genotype GG was the most frequent among all three groups (18 (48,6%), 18 (54,5%), 20 (58,8%), respectively). In patients with JRA, it was revealed the increased frequency of allele A from 32,4% to 10,2% (p<0,05) as compared to the controls. In patients with articular syndrome frequency of allele A was 28,8%. In our study children with AA genotype had also earlier manifestation of articular syndrome, as compared to the patients with GA VDR gene polymorphism (8.0 (2,3-13,0) years and 13.0 (5,0-13,7) years, respectively (p<0,04).
Conclusions: Thus, minor A allele of polymorphic locus BsmI VDR gene is associated with JRA arising and with predisposition to earlier manifestation of the joint syndrome in patients with JRA.
Prospects for further research. It remains to be further investigated how genetic variants VDR gene may be associated with the activity of the inflammatory process in JRA patients. The finding of our future research will be allowed to answer the question if it is possible to predict complications of JRA and effectiveness of its treatment based on VDR gene polymorphism.
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