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A Klothoβ variant mediates protein stability and associates with colon transit in irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea.
Gastroenterology - 1 Jun 2011
Wong Banny S, Camilleri Michael, Carlson Paula J, Guicciardi Maria E, Burton Duane, McKinzie Sanna, Rao Archana S, Zinsmeister Alan R, Gores Gregory J
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Bile acid (BA) malabsorption of moderate severity is reported in 32% of patients with chronic unexplained diarrhea, including diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-D). We hypothesized that variants of genes regulating hepatic BA synthesis play a role in IBS-D. METHODS: In 435 IBS and 279 healthy subjects, we tested individual associations of 15 common single nucleotide...
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