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NOD2 and Crohn's disease: loss or gain of function?
Immunity - 1 Jun 2005
Eckmann Lars, Karin Michael
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The human nucleotide binding and oligomerization domain (NOD)-containing protein family consists of some 25 members related to the Apaf-1/Ced-4 family of apoptosis regulators and certain plant disease-resistance genes (Inohara et al., 2004). One member, NOD2 (CARD15), has gained recent prominence through its association with increased susceptibility to several clinically important human inflammatory diseases,...
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