Vitamin D Deficiency in a Multiethnic Healthy Control Cohort and Altered Immune Response in Vitamin D Deficient European-American Healthy Controls

Lauren L. Ritterhouse; Rufei Lu; Hemangi B. Shah; Julie M. Robertson; Dustin A. Fife; Holden T. Maecker; Hongwu Du; Charles G. Fathman; Eliza F. Chakravarty; R. Hal Scofield; Diane L. Kamen; Joel M. Guthridge; Judith A. James

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0094500

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Vitamin D Deficiency in a Multiethnic Healthy Control Cohort and Altered Immune Response in Vitamin D Deficient European-American Healthy Controls

Lauren L. Ritterhouse ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Lauren L. Ritterhouse, Rufei Lu

Affiliations Arthritis and Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Departments of Medicine and Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
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Rufei Lu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Lauren L. Ritterhouse, Rufei Lu

Affiliations Arthritis and Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Departments of Medicine and Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
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Hemangi B. Shah,

Affiliation Arthritis and Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
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Julie M. Robertson,

Affiliation Arthritis and Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
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Dustin A. Fife,

Affiliation Arthritis and Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
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Holden T. Maecker,

Affiliation Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
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Hongwu Du,

Affiliation Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
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Charles G. Fathman,

Affiliation Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
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Eliza F. Chakravarty,

Affiliation Arthritis and Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
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R. Hal Scofield,

Affiliation Arthritis and Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
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Diane L. Kamen,

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America
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Joel M. Guthridge,

Affiliation Arthritis and Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
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Judith A. James

* E-mail: Judith-James@omrf.org

Affiliations Arthritis and Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Departments of Medicine and Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
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Vitamin D Deficiency in a Multiethnic Healthy Control Cohort and Altered Immune Response in Vitamin D Deficient European-American Healthy Controls

Lauren L. Ritterhouse,
Rufei Lu,
Hemangi B. Shah,
Julie M. Robertson,
Dustin A. Fife,
Holden T. Maecker,
Hongwu Du,
Charles G. Fathman,
Eliza F. Chakravarty,
R. Hal Scofield

Published: April 11, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0094500

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