2,776 vitamin D receptor binding sites - April 2014

New Study Shows Genetic Link Between Vitamin D and Disease Prevention The best years of your life

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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