Association of Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms in the VDR Gene with Tuberculosis and Infection of Beijing Genotype Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Polymorphisms in the VDR gene may not indicate susceptibility to tuberculosis. There was also no evidence on the interaction between the VDR gene of host and the lineages of M. tuberculosis in the population from Xinjiang, China. Further studies are nonetheless required to prove our conclusions.