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Genetic analysis of innate immunity in Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis identifies two susceptibility loci harboring CARD9 and IL18RAP.
American journal of human genetics - 1 May 2008
Zhernakova Alexandra, Festen Eleanora M, Franke Lude, Trynka Gosia, van Diemen Cleo C, Monsuur Alienke J, Bevova Marianna, Nijmeijer Rian M, van 't Slot Ruben, Heijmans Roel, Boezen H Marike, van Heel David A, van Bodegraven Adriaan A, Stokkers Pieter C F, Wijmenga Cisca, Crusius J Bart A, Weersma Rinse K
Abstract excerpt
The two main phenotypes of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)--Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC)--are chronic intestinal inflammatory disorders with a complex genetic background. Using a three-stage design, we performed a functional candidate-gene analysis of innate immune pathway in IBD. In phase I, we typed 354 SNPs from 85 innate immunity genes in 520 Dutch IBD patients (284 CD, 236 UC) and 808...
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