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Mushroom intolerance: a novel diet-gene interaction in Crohn's disease.
The British journal of nutrition - 1 Aug 2009
Petermann Ivonne, Triggs Christopher M, Huebner Claudia, Han Dug Yeo, Gearry Richard B, Barclay Murray L, Demmers Pieter S, McCulloch Alan, Ferguson Lynnette R
Abstract excerpt
Carrying a functional single nucleotide polymorphism (L503F, c. 1672 C>T) in the gene for the Na-dependent organic cation transporter (OCTN1), increases the risk of Crohn's disease (CD) in some, but not all, populations. Case-control data on New Zealand Caucasians show no differences for CD risk between individuals carrying the L503F OCTN1 C-allele when compared with those carrying the variant T-allele. However,...
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