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Association study of functional genetic variants of innate immunity related genes in celiac disease.
BMC medical genetics - 3 Aug 2005
Rueda B, Zhernakova A, López-Nevot M A, Martín J, Koeleman B P C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Recent evidence suggest that the innate immune system is implicated in the early events of celiac disease (CD) pathogenesis. In this work for the first time we have assessed the relevance of different proinflammatory mediators typically related to innate immunity in CD predisposition. METHODS: We performed a familial study in which 105 celiac families characterized by the presence of an affected child...
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