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Immune response and gene polymorphism profiles in Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.
Inflammatory bowel diseases - 1 Mar 2009
Queiroz Dulciene Maria Magalhães, Oliveira Adriana Gonçalves, Saraiva Ivan Euclides Borges, Rocha Gifone Aguiar, Rocha Andreia Maria Camargos, das Graças Pimenta Sanna Maria, Guerra Juliana Becattini, Dani Renato, Ferrari Maria de Lourdes Abreu, Castro Lúcia Porto Fonseca
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Polymorphisms in genes linked to the innate and adaptive immune response may be involved in inflammatory bowel disease pathogenesis. Our aim was to investigate associations among IL1B-511, IL1B-31, IL1RN, TNFA-307, TLR-2, TLR-4, IL2-330, NOD2 G908R, NOD2 L1007fsinsC polymorphisms and both Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) in a Brazilian population. METHODS: We studied 43 patients with...
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