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Innate immune receptor genetic polymorphisms in pouchitis: is CARD15 a susceptibility factor?
Inflammatory bowel diseases - 1 Nov 2005
Meier Carmen B, Hegazi Refaat A, Aisenberg James, Legnani Peter E, Nilubol Naris, Cobrin Gena M, Duerr Richard H, Gorfine Stephen R, Bauer Joel J, Sachar David B, Plevy Scott E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Pouchitis is a frequent complication after ileal pouch-anal anastamosis (IPAA) for ulcerative colitis (UC). The aim of this study was to determine whether genetic polymorphisms in the innate immune receptors toll-like receptor (TLR)4 and caspase activation and recruitment domain family member 15 (CARD15) genes are associated with pouchitis. METHODS: From a retrospectively ascertained cohort of...
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