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TNF-857 polymorphism in Israeli Jewish patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
International journal of immunogenetics - 1 Apr 2006
Fidder Herma H, Heijmans Roel, Chowers Yehuda, Bar-Meir Simon, Avidan Benjamin, Pena A Salvador, Crusius J Bart A
Abstract excerpt
Tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha is an important pro-inflammatory cytokine that has been implicated in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The promoter TNF-857 C-->T single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) is functional through the binding to the transcription factor octamer transcription factor-1 (OCT-1). In order to investigate the frequency of this SNP in Israeli Jewish IBD patients, we...
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