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The N34S mutation of SPINK1 (PSTI) is associated with a familial pattern of idiopathic chronic pancreatitis but does not cause the disease.
Gut - 1 May 2002
Threadgold J, Greenhalf W, Ellis I, Howes N, Lerch M M, Simon P, Jansen J, Charnley R, Laugier R, Frulloni L, Oláh A, Delhaye M, Ihse I, Schaffalitzky de Muckadell O B, Andrén-Sandberg A, Imrie C W, Martinek J, Gress T M, Mountford R, Whitcomb D, Neoptolemos J P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mutations in the PRSS1 gene explain most occurrences of hereditary pancreatitis (HP) but many HP families have no PRSS1 mutation. Recently, an association between the mutation N34S in the pancreatic secretory trypsin inhibitor (SPINK1 or PSTI) gene and idiopathic chronic pancreatitis (ICP) was reported. It is unclear whether the N34S mutation is a cause of pancreatitis per se, whether it modifies the...
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