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Genetic association between NLRP3 variants and Crohn's disease does not replicate in a large UK panel.
Inflammatory bowel diseases - 1 Jun 2011
Lewis Gregory J, Massey Dunecan C O, Zhang Hu, Bredin Francesca, Tremelling Mark, Lee James C, Berzuini Carlo, Parkes Miles
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: NLRP3 (formerly known as CIAS1 or NALP3) encodes a key component of the inflammasome and is a strong candidate gene for Crohn's disease (CD) susceptibility. A recent study reported significant and internally replicated association between CD and six single nucleotide polymorphisms (SN...
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