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Autophagy 16-like 1 rs2241880 G allele is associated with Crohn's disease in German children.
Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) - 1 Nov 2009
Lacher Martin, Schroepf Sebastian, Ballauff Antje, Lohse Peter, von Schweinitz Dietrich, Kappler Roland, Koletzko Sibylle
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AIM: Genome-wide association studies have described an association of the ATG16L1 (autophagy 16-like 1) gene rs2241880 variant with Crohn's disease (CD). Therefore, we evaluated this polymorphism in early-onset CD in 152 children and 253 controls and for the first time determined ATG16L1 colonic expression in German CD children. METHODS: Investigation of rs2241880 allele frequencies using a predesigned single...
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