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Crohn's disease: NOD2, autophagy and ER stress converge.
Gut - 1 Nov 2011
Fritz Teresa, Niederreiter Lukas, Adolph Timon, Blumberg Richard S, Kaser Arthur
Abstract excerpt
Polymorphisms in NOD2, encoding an intracellular pattern recognition receptor, contribute the largest fraction of genetic risk for Crohn's disease among the >40 risk loci identified so far. Autophagy plays a prominent role in the innate immune response towards intracellular bacteria. The discovery of the autophagy genes ATG16L1 and IRGM as risk factors for Crohn's disease turned autophagy into the spotlight in...
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