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Association of polymorphic alleles of CTLA4 with inflammatory bowel disease in the Japanese.
World journal of gastroenterology - 21 Jul 2005
Machida Haruhisa, Tsukamoto Kazuhiro, Wen Chun-Yang, Narumi Yukiko, Shikuwa Saburou, Isomoto Hajime, Takeshima Fuminao, Mizuta Yohei, Niikawa Norio, Murata Ikuo, Kohno Shigeru
Abstract excerpt
AIM: To examine an association between the cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA4) gene that plays a role in downregulation of T-cell activation and inflammatory bowel disease consisting of ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD) in the Japanese. METHODS: We studied 108 patients with UC, 79 patients with CD, and 200 sex-matched healthy controls, with respect to three single nucleotide polymorphisms...
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