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NOD2/CARD15 disease associations other than Crohn's disease.
Inflammatory bowel diseases - 1 Feb 2007
Henckaerts Liesbet, Vermeire Séverine
Abstract excerpt
At this moment, few confirmed associations between NOD2 mutations and diseases other than Crohn's disease (CD) and Blau syndrome (BS) have been reported, but research is ongoing in several fields where a genetic susceptibility factor and/or a role for the innate immune system is suspected. Whether the Crohn's-associated CARD15 mutations lead to a loss or gain of function of the NOD2 receptor is subject to...
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