My clients know how pedantic I am about Vit D and testing for it. So glad reading this research that validates our treatment approaches.
According to the journal Genome Research, Scientists have mapped the points at which vitamin D interacts with our DNA - and identified over 200 genes that it directly influences.
The researchers found 2,776 binding sites for the vitamin D receptor along the length of the genome. These were unusually concentrated near a number of genes associated with susceptibility to autoimmune conditions such as MS, Crohn's disease, systemic lupus erythematosus (or 'lupus') and rheumatoid arthritis, and to cancers such as chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and colorectal cancer.
According to the journal Genome Research, Scientists have mapped the points at which vitamin D interacts with our DNA - and identified over 200 genes that it directly influences.
The researchers found 2,776 binding sites for the vitamin D receptor along the length of the genome. These were unusually concentrated near a number of genes associated with susceptibility to autoimmune conditions such as MS, Crohn's disease, systemic lupus erythematosus (or 'lupus') and rheumatoid arthritis, and to cancers such as chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and colorectal cancer.
