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Association of interleukin-18 gene single-nucleotide polymorphisms with susceptibility to inflammatory bowel disease.
Tissue antigens - 1 Jan 2005
Aizawa Y, Sutoh S, Matsuoka M, Negishi M, Torii A, Miyakawa Y, Sugisaka H, Nakamura M, Toda G
Abstract excerpt
Interleukin-18 (IL-18) is believed to be one of the most important cytokines in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The aim of the study was to clarify the significance of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) at the 5'-end of the IL-18 gene in the development of IBD. DNA was obtained from peripheral blood of 99 patients with ulcerative colitis (UC), 79 patients with Crohn's disease (CD), and...
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