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Relationship between the platelet activating factor acetylhydrolase gene and intractability of ulcerative colitis.
Diseases of the colon and rectum - 1 Mar 2002
Nakamura Toshio, Sakaguchi Takanori, Unno Naoki, Sugatani Junko, Miwa Masao, Nakamura Satoshi
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PURPOSE: Platelet activating factor, which is a potent mediator of inflammatory injury in ulcerative colitis, is inactivated by platelet activating factor acetylhydrolase. Recently, a point mutation (G994 to T transversion) was observed in exon 9 of the platelet activating factor acetylhydrolase gene, and this mutation was found to be associated with a decrease in platelet activating factor acetylhydrolase...
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