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Lack of association of the CD14 promoter polymorphism--159C/T with Caucasian inflammatory bowel disease.
Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology - 1 Feb 2005
Peters Kirsten E, O'Callaghan Nathan J, Cavanaugh Juleen A
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OBJECTIVE: The inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs), including Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), are multifactorial diseases resulting from a complex interaction of genetic and environmental factors. The recently described CARD15 and TNF-alpha risk alleles are believed to be contributors to disease by disrupting inflammatory pathways via impaired response to bacteria. Other bacterial receptors, such...
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