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Interaction between seroreactivity to microbial antigens and genetics in Crohn's disease: is there a role for defensins?
Tissue antigens - 1 Jun 2008
Lakatos P L, Altorjay I, Mándi Y, Lakatos L, Tumpek J, Kovacs A, Molnar T, Tulassay Z, Miheller P, Palatka K, Szamosi T, Fischer S, Papp J, Papp M
Abstract excerpt
Antibodies against different microbial epitopes are associated with disease phenotype, may be of diagnostic importance and may reflect a loss of tolerance in Crohn's disease (CD). Recently, an association was reported between the presence of these antibodies and mutations in pattern receptor gene...
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