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Relevance to Autism

Polymorphisms in the VDR gene have been shown to nominally associate with ASD in multiple populations (Schmidt et al., 2015; Coskun et al., 2016; Bojovic et al., 2017; Cieslinska et al., 2017; Zhang et al., 2018). Serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D were found to be significantly higher in ASD cases, and the FokI polymorphism was observed to have a significant effect on serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in children with ASD, in Coskun et al., 2016. Whole blood VDR gene expression was found to be significantly higher in a cohort of 30 age and gender matched patients diagnosed with ASD compared to a cohort of 30 healthy controls (p < 0.0001) (Balta et al., 2018).

Molecular Function

Nuclear receptor for calcitriol, the active form of vitamin D3 which mediates the action of this vitamin on cells. Enters the nucleus upon vitamin D3 binding where it forms heterodimers with the retinoid X receptor/RXR. The VDR-RXR heterodimers bind to specific response elements on DNA and activate the transcription of vitamin D3-responsive target genes. Recruited to promoters via its interaction with BAZ1B/WSTF which mediates the interaction with acetylated histones, an essential step for VDR-promoter association. Plays a central role in calcium homeostasis.

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References

Type
Title
Type of Disorder
Associated Disorders
Author, Year
Primary
Selected vitamin D metabolic gene variants and risk for autism spectrum disorder in the CHARGE Study.
ASD
Positive Association
Association of polymorphisms in the vitamin D receptor gene and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in children with autism spectrum disorder.
ASD
Positive association
Vitamin D Receptor Polymorphisms Associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
ASD
Positive association
The Correlation Between Vitamin D Receptor (VDR) Gene Polymorphisms and Autism: A Meta-analysis.
ASD
Positive association
Association between vitamin D receptor gene FokI and TaqI variants with autism spectrum disorder predisposition in Iranian population.
ASD
Positive Association
Polymorphisms in Vitamin D Receptor Genes in Association with Childhood Autism Spectrum Disorder.
ASD
Positive Association
Vitamin D Receptor Gene Polymorphisms Associated with Childhood Autism.
ASD
Positive Association
Genetic predictors of celiac disease, lactose intolerance, and vitamin D function and presence of peptide morphins in urine of children with neurod...
ASD
Negative Association
No Association between Polymorphisms of Vitamin D and Oxytocin Receptor Genes and Autistic Spectrum Disorder in a Sample of Turkish Children.
ASD
Support
Increased vitamin D receptor gene expression and rs11568820 and rs4516035 promoter polymorphisms in autistic disorder.
ASD
No Rare Variants Available
Chromosome
CNV Locus
CNV Type
# of studies
Animal Model
12
Duplication
 1
 
12
Deletion-Duplication
 7
 

No Animal Model Data Available

 

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