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Genetic variants in TNF-alpha but not DLG5 are associated with inflammatory bowel disease in a large United Kingdom cohort.
Inflammatory bowel diseases - 1 Mar 2006
Tremelling Mark, Waller Sarah, Bredin Francesca, Greenfield Simon, Parkes Miles
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BACKGROUND: Genetic variants in DLG5, which encodes a scaffolding protein on chromosome 10q23, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, encoding a proinflammatory cytokine on chromosome 6p, have recently been reported to be associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). We studied these variants to seek evidence of association with IBD in a large independent dataset. METHODS: We genotyped 1104 unrelated white...
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