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The role of vitamin D receptor and IL‐6 in COVID‐19

Overview of attention for article published in Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine, April 2023
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Title
The role of vitamin D receptor and IL‐6 in COVID‐19
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Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine, April 2023
DOI 10.1002/mgg3.2172
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Ali Azmi, Maziyar Rismani, Hossein Pourmontaseri, Ebrahim Mirzaii, Sedigheh Niknia, Behnoosh Miladpour

Abstract

Vitamin D (Vit.D) has an important role in protecting COVID-19 patients. This study investigated the changes in vitamin D receptor (VDR) expression and interleukin 6 levels in patients with COVID-19. 120 hospitalized patients and 120 healthy people participated in this study, both group adjusted by sex and age. Vit.D was measured with HPLC, the expression of VDR gene was done with Real-time PCR, and IL-6 was measured with ELISA assay. Our findings showed no significant difference in the case of Vit.D (25-OH-D3) between the two studied groups, interestingly the expression of VDR was statistically lower in the patients with COVID-19, p-value = 0.003. VDR expression was lower in the patient with diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular disease, significantly, p-value = 0.002. The level of IL-6 was statistically higher in the COVID-19 group, p-value = 0.003. Alongside the important role of 25-OH-D3 in COVID-19 patients, the quality and quantity of the VDR expression and its role in the level of IL-6 are the promising risk factors in the future. Further studies are needed to determine the factors increasing the expression level of VDR, especially in the patients with diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular disease.

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Unknown 9 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 3 33%
Student > Bachelor 1 11%
Unknown 5 56%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 22%
Medicine and Dentistry 2 22%
Unknown 5 56%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 April 2023.
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