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Heterozygous nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-2 mutations affect monocyte maturation in Crohn's disease.
World journal of gastroenterology - 14 Dec 2007
Granzotto Marilena, Fabbro Elisa, Maschio Massimo, Martelossi Stefano, Quaglia Sara, Tommasini Alberto, Presani Gianni, Ventura Alessandro
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AIM: To investigate the function of monocytes in Crohn's disease (CD) patients and to correlate this with disease-associated nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-2 (NOD2) gene variants. METHODS: Monocytes from 47 consecutively referred CD patients and 9 healthy blood donors were cultured with interleukin (IL)-4 and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), and stimulated with...
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