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Genetic variation in the autophagy gene ULK1 and risk of Crohn's disease.
Inflammatory bowel diseases - 1 Jun 2011
Henckaerts Liesbet, Cleynen Isabelle, Brinar Marko, John Jestinah Mahachie, Van Steen Kristel, Rutgeerts Paul, Vermeire Séverine
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BACKGROUND: The autophagy pathway has been linked with Crohn's disease (CD) through association of the ATG16L1 and IRGM genes with susceptibility for CD, and also to the Nod2 pathway, involved in CD. Our aim was to investigate polymorphisms in selected autophagy genes for their association with s...
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