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World J Gastroenterol. Dec 14, 2020; 26(46): 7352-7366
Published online Dec 14, 2020. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v26.i46.7352
Published online Dec 14, 2020. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v26.i46.7352
Colonic vitamin D receptor expression is inversely associated with disease activity and jumonji domain-containing 3 in active ulcerative colitis
Hong-Qian Wang, Wen-Hui Zhang, Ya-Qi Wang, Xiao-Pan Geng, Ming-Wei Wang, Yuan-Yuan Fan, Jing Guan, Xi Chen, Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, Anhui Province, China
Ji-Long Shen, Department of Pathogen Biology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, Anhui Province, China
Author contributions: Wang HQ collected the data, performed the statistical analysis and drafted the manuscript; Zhang WH, Wang YQ and Geng XP participated in the acquisition of the data; Wang MW and Fan YY provided serum and tissue samples; Guan J generated the tables and figures; Shen JL and Chen X designed the study and revised the manuscript.
Supported by The Key Projects of Natural Science Research of Anhui Province in China , No. 201904a07020043 .
Institutional review board statement: The study was approved by the ethics committee of the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University (No. PJ2019-14-23).
Informed consent statement: All patients gave informed consent.
Conflict-of-interest statement: None of the authors has any conflicts of interest to declare.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
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Corresponding author: Xi Chen, PhD, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, No. 218 Jixi Road, Hefei 230022, Anhui Province, China. ayfychenxi@163.com
Received: September 27, 2020
Peer-review started: September 27, 2020
First decision: October 17, 2020
Revised: October 28, 2020
Accepted: November 4, 2020
Article in press: November 4, 2020
Published online: December 14, 2020
Peer-review started: September 27, 2020
First decision: October 17, 2020
Revised: October 28, 2020
Accepted: November 4, 2020
Article in press: November 4, 2020
Published online: December 14, 2020
Core Tip
Core Tip: This is the first report of the relationship between serum vitamin D, vitamin D receptor (VDR), Jumonji domain-containing 3 (Jmjd3) and trimethylated H3 lysine 27 expression and pathological activity in patients with active ulcerative colitis (UC). In active UC, vitamin D level was negatively correlated with disease activity and positively correlated with VDR expression. Furthermore, colonic Jmjd3 expression was significantly increased, while trimethylated H3 lysine 27 was decreased in UC patients compared to controls. These findings indicate that VDR expression was inversely related to Jmjd3 expression and disease activity in the colonic mucosa of patients with UC.