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Evidence for association of OCTN genes and IBD5 with ulcerative colitis.
Gut - 1 Jun 2006
Waller S, Tremelling M, Bredin F, Godfrey L, Howson J, Parkes M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Genetic association between Crohn's disease (CD) and OCTN1 (SLC22A4) C1672T/OCTN2 (SLC22A5) G-207C variants in IBD5 has recently been reported. These genes encode solute carriers and the association was suggested to be distinct from the background IBD5 risk haplotype. There have been conflicting reports of the association between markers in the IBD5 region and ulcerative colitis (UC) and...
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