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Polymorphisms in the tumor necrosis factor/lipopolysaccharides pathway in Crohn disease in the Jewish Ashkenazi population.
Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition - 1 May 2008
Silbermintz Ari, Levine Jeremiah, Weinstein Toba, Silver Jack
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha plays a role in the inflammatory process in Crohn disease, a disease with an apparent polygenic basis. We investigated whether polymorphisms in multiple genes involved in the lipopolysaccharide-TNF inflammatory pathway are independently associated with Crohn disease in the Jewish Ashkenazi population. Polymorphisms in CD14, Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), and TNF-alpha...
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