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The genetics of vitamin D

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The genetic determinants of circulating vitamin D levels are reviewed by focusing on new findings from GWAS and WGS, as well as results from Mendelian randomization analyses conducted so far for vitamin D with various traits and diseases.
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This article is published in Bone.The article was published on 2019-09-01. It has received 46 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: vitamin D deficiency & Vitamin D and neurology.

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Genome-wide association study in 79,366 European-ancestry individuals informs the genetic architecture of 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels

Xia Jiang, +119 more
TL;DR: The SUNLIGHT Consortium GWAS of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations has identified four genome-wide significant loci (GC, NADSYN1/DHCR7, CYP2R1, and CYP24A1) as mentioned in this paper.
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Principal results of the VITamin D and OmegA-3 TriaL (VITAL) and updated meta-analyses of relevant vitamin D trials

TL;DR: New meta-analyses that include VITAL and other recent vitamin D trials indicate a significant reduction in cancer mortality but not in cancer incidence or CVD endpoints, and additional research is needed to determine which individuals may be most likely to derive a net benefit from vitamin D supplementation.
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Vitamin D as a Principal Factor in Mediating Rheumatoid Arthritis-Derived Immune Response.

TL;DR: This mini-review focuses on the influence of VD and its serum levels on RA susceptibility, RA-associated complexities, treatment, and transcriptome products of key proinflammatory cytokines, along with other cytokines that are key regulators of inflammation in rheumatoid joints.
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A comprehensive re-assessment of the association between vitamin D and cancer susceptibility using Mendelian randomization

TL;DR: In this article, a unified Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis was performed to evaluate the relationship between 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) and 10 cancers.
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LD score regression distinguishes confounding from polygenicity in genome-wide association studies :

TL;DR: It is found that polygenicity accounts for the majority of the inflation in test statistics in many GWAS of large sample size, and the LD Score regression intercept can be used to estimate a more powerful and accurate correction factor than genomic control.
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‘Mendelian randomization’: can genetic epidemiology contribute to understanding environmental determinants of disease?

TL;DR: Mendelian randomization provides new opportunities to test causality and demonstrates how investment in the human genome project may contribute to understanding and preventing the adverse effects on human health of modifiable exposures.
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Common genetic determinants of vitamin D insufficiency: a genome-wide association study

Thomas J. Wang, +79 more
- 17 Jul 2010 - 
TL;DR: In this article, a genome-wide association study of 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations in 33,996 individuals of European descent from 15 cohorts was conducted to identify common genetic variants affecting vitamin D concentrations and risk of insufficiency.
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Current Understanding of the Molecular Actions of Vitamin D

TL;DR: This review raises the intriguing question of whether vitamin D plays an important role in embryonic development, since vitamin D deficiency does not prohibit development, nor does vitamin D receptor knockout.
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Genome-wide Association Study in 79,366 European-ancestry Individuals Informs the Genetic Architecture of 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels

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