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CTLA4 gene polymorphisms in Dutch and Chinese patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology - 1 Nov 2002
Xia B, Crusius J B A, Wu J, Zwiers A, van Bodegraven Ad A, Peña A S
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BACKGROUND: Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) are characterized by chronic intestinal inflammation as a result of an exaggerated T-cell response. CTLA4, a receptor of activated T cells, has an inhibitory function in regulating T-cell activation. Since CTLA4 gene polymorphisms have been associated with several autoimmune diseases, the aim was to study these gene polymorphisms in patients with IBD in two different...
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