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Alterations of the CARD15/NOD2 gene and the impact on management and treatment of Crohn's disease patients.
Digestive diseases (Basel, Switzerland) - 1 Jan 2003
Török Helga-Paula, Glas Jürgen, Lohse Peter, Folwaczny Christian
Abstract excerpt
The recent identification of the CARD15/NOD2 gene as a susceptibility locus for Crohn's disease represents an important step towards the delineation of the immunopathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease. CARD15 functions as an intracellular receptor for bacterial components and thus represents an important link between inflammatory bowel disease and innate immunity. Three major CARD15/NOD2 gene mutations have...
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