PMID- 38063106 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20240105 LR - 20240105 IS - 1165-158X (Electronic) IS - 0145-5680 (Linking) VI - 69 IP - 12 DP - 2023 Nov 30 TI - Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphism and serum vitamin D level as risk factors for acquiring Type II diabetes mellitus. PG - 131-138 LID - 10.14715/cmb/2023.69.12.21 [doi] AB - The studies on the relationship between type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) risk and vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphisms are still inconclusive. Therefore, the objective of the study was to assess possible risks of acquiring T2DM due to polymorphisms in the VDR gene or abnormal serum levels of VD. 362 participants (181 T2DM patients and 181 healthy controls) from the Diabetic Center, Sulaimaniyah/Iraq, from December 2020 to May 2021 were volumtarily enrolled in the study. For each participant, HbA1c, fasting blood sugar (FBS), serum cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein (HDL), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), triglyceride (TG), markers of calcium homeostasis, alkaline phosphatase (ALP), phosphorus, VD and insulin were measured. In addition, FokI, TaqI, ApaI, and BsmI genotypes were also performed using Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). The results showed that VD level was significantly lower in T2DM compared to the control group. While, HbA1c was significantly higher in T2DM than in the control group. In contrast to AA (P=0.034) and CC (P=0.011) genotype of ApaI (rs7975232) gene polymorphism, which were dominant among the control group, AC-genotype was significantly (P=0.0001) dominat among T2DM group. Meanwhile, TT-genotype of TaqI (rs731236) was significantly (P=0.05) dominant among control group. While there were not any significant differences between other genotypes among T2DM and control groups. In conclusion, low VD-level is a possible risk factor for developing T2DM, and an association was found, especially between ApaI genotypes and T2DM. FAU - Mohammed, Maryam Salih AU - Mohammed MS AD - Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Sulaimani, Sulaimaniyah, Iraq. maryam.mohammed@univsul.edu.iq. FAU - Ahmed Jaff, Basima Sadiq AU - Ahmed Jaff BS AD - Department of Chemistry and Clinical Biochemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Sulaimani, Sulaimaniyah, Iraq. basima.ahmed@univsul.edu.iq. FAU - Aziz, Sadat Abdulla AU - Aziz SA AD - Department of Anesthesia, College of Health Sciences, Cihan University Sulaimaniya, Sulaymaniyah 46001, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. sadat.aziz@univsul.edu.iq. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20231130 PL - France TA - Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand) JT - Cellular and molecular biology (Noisy-le-Grand, France) JID - 9216789 RN - 0 (Glycated Hemoglobin) RN - 73710-32-4 (methyl 4-azidophenylacetimidate) RN - 0 (Receptors, Calcitriol) RN - 1406-16-2 (Vitamin D) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Case-Control Studies MH - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/genetics/metabolism MH - Genetic Predisposition to Disease MH - Genotype MH - Glycated Hemoglobin MH - Polymorphism, Genetic MH - Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide/genetics MH - *Receptors, Calcitriol/genetics MH - Risk Factors MH - *Vitamin D/blood/chemistry EDAT- 2023/12/08 06:41 MHDA- 2023/12/17 13:19 CRDT- 2023/12/08 05:36 PHST- 2023/07/25 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/12/17 13:19 [medline] PHST- 2023/12/08 06:41 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/12/08 05:36 [entrez] AID - 10.14715/cmb/2023.69.12.21 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand). 2023 Nov 30;69(12):131-138. doi: 10.14715/cmb/2023.69.12.21.